Dover Plains is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,322 people and just one neighborhood, Dover Plains is the 702nd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Dover Plains was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dover Plains is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dover Plains is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dover Plains who work in office and administrative support (27.22%), food service (13.41%), and legal occupations (7.10%).
One downside of living in Dover Plains, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.62 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
In Dover Plains, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though Dover Plains is a relatively small town. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Dover Plains citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.65% of adults in Dover Plains have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dover Plains in 2022 was $31,846, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,384 for a family of four. However, Dover Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dover Plains also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Dover Plains is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dover Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dover Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dover Plains also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.70% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dover Plains include Irish, Italian, German, English, and French Canadian.
Dover Plains also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.67%.
The most common language spoken in Dover Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 1.9% have Canadian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dover Plains are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 46.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.7%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Dover Plains, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (20.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report German roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.4%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (5.1%), among others. In addition, 14.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (6.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.