Fenwick Island, Delaware - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	461
Male Share of the Population	45.6%
Female Share of the Population	54.4%
Senior Citizens	56.2%
Employed Population 16+	133
Age of the Population	68

Families

% of people married	72.7%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	28.4%
Median Earnings25+	$56,667
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$0

Wealth

Median Family Income	$101,000
% Above Poverty Level	97.2%
% Below Poverty Level	2.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	8.3%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.3%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	33.1%
Median Gross Rent	$1,107
Median House Value	$843,800

Ancestry

Irish	26.7%
English	25.8%
Italian	10.8%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	8.5%
Welsh	5.6%
French Except Basque	5.2%
Polish	4.6%
Russian	3.5%
Scottish	2.2%
Hungarian	1.5%
Swiss	1.3%
German	1.3%
Swedish	0.9%
Dutch	0.9%
Canadian	0.9%
Norwegian	0.9%
Belgian	0.4%
Danishn	0.4%
Slovene	0.4%
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Fenwick Island Almanac

Category	Value
County	Sussex County
Standard Zip Codes	19944
Phone Area Codes	302
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	38.46
Approximate Longitude	-75.05

Fenwick Island 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	LEWES
Distance	21.5 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 45 F
Apr Temp	44 to 65 F
Jul Temp	68 to 86 F
Oct Temp	50 to 69 F
Annual Precip	46 inches

Station	SNOW HILL 4 N
Distance	24 miles
Jan Temp	27 to 47 F
Apr Temp	43 to 68 F
Jul Temp	66 to 88 F
Oct Temp	46 to 71 F
Annual Precip	46.1 inches

Station	ASSATEAGUE
Distance	28.8 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 45 F
Apr Temp	44 to 61 F
Jul Temp	68 to 84 F
Oct Temp	51 to 68 F
Annual Precip	43 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bethany Beach	1,006	$99,167
Dagsboro	856	$69,167
Frankford	984	$62,500
Millville	1,877	$73,750
Ocean View	2,198	$103,472
Selbyville	2,252	$69,167

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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