Dover, PA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months
What homes actually sell for in Dover: a median closing price of $277,497 across 20 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, with the sample size and mix stated plainly.
In a market the size of Dover, individual sales move the needle. The figures below rest on 20 tracked closings over the last 12 months, so read them as the direction of the market rather than a precise price for any one street.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 20
- •Median sold price, last 12 months: $277,497 (low-volume sample)
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $164 (low sample: 20 of 20 closings have usable living area)
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 20 closed sales in Dover over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $277,497. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 95% of the Dover closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Dover, PA (September 2026)
The median home price in Dover is $277,497, measured across the 20 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months.
The Dover angle
Rather than dress the page with derived statistics, we publish the figure the closed data supports cleanly and let it do the one job a median does well, which is locating the center of the market. What it cannot tell you is where a specific property belongs relative to that center. Build that answer from closed sales that resemble the subject, then check it against the median before you act on it.
From market read to offer price
A thin market punishes generic pricing; the way to firm up a number here is the specific property and its handful of true comps. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Dover address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Dover, PA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4219696
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 20
Median sold price: $277,497
Median sold $/sqft: $164 (20 qualifying)
Property mix: 95% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/dover-pa-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records. This is a low-volume sample: treat the statistics as directional rather than precise estimates of the entire local market.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Dover over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. This is a low-volume market: the figures below rest on 20 closings within the Dover city limits, so treat the median as indicative rather than precise.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Dover?
The median sold price in Dover over the last 12 months is $277,497, measured across 20 closings Resideline tracked.
What is the typical price per square foot in Dover?
Among qualifying Dover closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $164, measured across 20 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
What can the Dover median actually tell me before I make an offer?
That is enough to catch an offer priced on hope rather than evidence. It is not enough to price a specific home, which takes closed sales that resemble it.