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Demographics

People

Total Population	1,719
Male Share of the Population	48.3%
Female Share of the Population	51.7%
Senior Citizens	14.5%
Employed Population 16+	734
Age of the Population	37

Families

% of people married	34.8%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	14.3%
Median Earnings25+	$33,600
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$35,560

Wealth

Median Family Income	$68,661
% Above Poverty Level	85.7%
% Below Poverty Level	14.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	31 minutes
% Working from Home	4.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	4.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	37.8%
Median Gross Rent	$1,059
Median House Value	$184,100

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	20.4%
Irish	17.9%
German	13%
English	12.2%
Italian	9.6%
Polish	7.8%
Russian	1.6%
Swedish	1.3%
Welsh	1%
Dutch	1%
African	0.9%
Canadian	0.4%
French Except Basque	0.4%
Iranian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.2%
Ukrainian	0.2%
Scottish	0.2%
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Delaware City Almanac

Category	Value
County	New Castle County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	19706
Phone Area Codes	302
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	39.57
Approximate Longitude	-75.6

Delaware City Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE AP
Distance	6.2 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 39 F
Apr Temp	42 to 63 F
Jul Temp	67 to 86 F
Oct Temp	46 to 66 F
Annual Precip	42.8 inches

Station	MIDDLETOWN 3 E
Distance	9.8 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 42 F
Apr Temp	42 to 65 F
Jul Temp	65 to 87 F
Oct Temp	45 to 68 F
Annual Precip	41.5 inches

Station	NEWARK UNIVERSITY FARM
Distance	9.8 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 42 F
Apr Temp	41 to 66 F
Jul Temp	65 to 88 F
Oct Temp	44 to 68 F
Annual Precip	45.3 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Elsmere	6,049	$73,100
Middletown	21,250	$94,322
New Castle	5,359	$83,384
Newark	33,352	$95,935
Newport	1,335	$45,297
Odessa	565	$100,833

Delaware City Public Libraries

Delaware City Public Library
250 FIFTH STREET
Delaware City, Delaware
(302) 834-4148

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Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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