City · Stewart County, Tennessee

Dover, Tennessee

Dover is a city in Stewart County, Tennessee, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area. It has 1,956 residents. Dover, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,246 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #153 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on homicide rate (low), child care cost burden (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and injury deaths (high).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,246 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #153 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,956 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 505.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4721400

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety50#7,853/15,637
Economy59#6,387/15,631
Housing86#2,072/14,977
Health7#14,534/15,609
Healthcare3#15,147/15,650
Environment68#4,960/15,453
Education30#11,016/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,693/15,650
Community10#14,020/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,582/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dover, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stewart County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStewart County value
Child care cost burden · low20.7%
93/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStewart County value
Property crime rate · low560 /100k
86/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureStewart County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStewart County value
Unemployment rate · low2.2%
81/100Tennessee 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · low0.62%
78/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low7 /100k
0/100Tennessee 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStewart County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Tennessee 5.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStewart County value
Injury deaths · high165 /100k
2/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStewart County value
Mental health providers · low28 /100k
2/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStewart County value
Depression · high30.5%
3/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Tennessee 4.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyStewart County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,071 (2015-2019) → 1,956 (2020-2024)
−5.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.7 /1k (2021) → 5.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+194%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.8% (2015-2019) → 40.0% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$39,704 (2015-2019) → $75,190 (2020-2024)
+89%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.4% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
15.9% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Dover, Tennessee improved on 4 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Household income+89%$39,704 → $75,190
Price / income−1.2×3.9× → 2.7×
Poverty−8.9 points15.9% → 7.0%
Inequality−0.0570.441 → 0.384

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Dover, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	71.4%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	76%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	−1.2×	Improved	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4412015-2019	0.3842020-2024	−0.057	Improved	87%
Median household income	$39,7042015-2019	$75,1902020-2024	+89%	Improved	97%
Poverty rate	15.9%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	31.9%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	59.8%2015-2019	40.0%2020-2024	−20 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.7%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Dover, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dover, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Dover, Tennessee itself moved +20.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,956 residents (±370)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

689 households (±121)

Dover, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k18%†121
$25k–50k11%†76
$50k–75k21%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

689 households (±121)

Dover, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own72%494
Rent28%195

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+19.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

912 workers (±219)

Dover, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone72%655
Carpool23%†209
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Clarksville, TN-KY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Stewart County, the county holding most of Dover's residents.

Stewart County has 180 employer establishments, 126 for every 10,000 residents (0.51× the US rate of 248; 0.60× Tennessee's), with 1,882 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,774. The Census Bureau also counts 908 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 180; 908 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 126; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 1,882
Average annual pay: $39,774; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stewart County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	19	13.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	236	$16,636	9
Specialty trade contractors	19	13.3	0.86×About typical	105	$45,248	121
Religious organizations	11	7.7	1.39×More than typical	32	$17,625	—
Gasoline stations	10	7	2.16×More than typical	101	$20,436	—
Building equipment contractors	9	6.3	1.05×Too few to compare	31	$39,742	34
Ambulatory health care services	8	5.6	0.27×Too few to compare	49	$46,449	32
Full-service restaurants	8	5.6	0.73×Too few to compare	73	$17,575	5
Other specialty trade contractors	7	4.9	1.95×Too few to compare	49	$49,755	31
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	4.2	0.84×Too few to compare	23	$31,478	20
Limited-service restaurants	6	4.2	0.52×Too few to compare	159	$16,082	3
Banks and credit unions	5	3.5	1.08×Too few to compare	29	$51,172	—
General merchandise stores	5	3.5	1.98×Too few to compare	48	$20,188	9

Rank places for an industry Open Stewart County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,269 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $75.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Dover, Tennessee: $38.77 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $75.8K; +459% vs FY2025
Per resident: $38.77; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Park Service$74.2K98%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1,6612.2%

Top recipients

NATIONAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, LLC$88.6K100%
AFG GROUP INC.$6,0237.9%
GWWO, INC.$4,5236.0%
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ALUMINUM SIGN & SUPPLY LLC$1,5842.1%
SPECIALIZED GOVERNMENT SOURCING, INC.$9961.3%

Spending by fiscal year

4KFY2017
25.4KFY2018
36.6KFY2019
61.3KFY2020
100.2KFY2021
3.3KFY2022
9KFY2023
8.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$62K82%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$10.5K14%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$1,5842.1%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$9961.3%
Building finishing contractors · 2383$4230.6%
Other personal services · 8129

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Dover, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Dover, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Stewart County, TN ($6.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Dover is mostly in Stewart County.

See federal money in Stewart County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Dover, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Matt Van EppsR-TN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Stewart County20100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Clarksville, TN-KY27

Other cities and towns in Stewart County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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