Dover, Missouri

Population

Growing. Up 3.6% since 2020.

86

people, the 812th-largest of Missouri's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Missouri's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is up 12% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$731

a month. Missouri's median is $1,033.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $267.

A $267 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Lafayette County.

• $796 Tract 905
• $1,063 Tract 906.01

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 87% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 19% less than Missouri's.

$187,500

median home value in Dover.

• $187,500 Dover
• $230,300 Missouri
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year