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Dover is a small town of 2,308 people in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It's about 14 miles from Boston, MA. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 53 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.3M and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,308people
$1.3MTypical home
$2,149/moRent
83° / 37°Summer / winter
53"Snow
233Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,308
- Part of a metro area
- About 544 people per sq mi
- 14 mi to Boston, MA
- 14 mi to Boston, MA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.3M (≈$8,250/mo)
- Median rent $2,149/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 53" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 17 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (118 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (472 per 100k)
People
- Median age 48
- 35% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 79% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 41 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to BED airport
- 15 mi to BOS (major hub)
- 7 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 190 ft
- 12 mi to the ocean
- 86 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 138 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,562 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 219 bars within 25 mi
- 1,483 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 30 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 182 museums within 25 mi
- 53 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 13% of Massachusetts districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Norfolk County: D+29 in 2024
- Massachusetts: D+25 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.