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Demographics

People

Total Population	2,198
Male Share of the Population	48.4%
Female Share of the Population	51.6%
Senior Citizens	41.6%
Employed Population 16+	957
Age of the Population	61

Families

% of people married	67.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	21.9%
Median Earnings25+	$42,500
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$33,409

Wealth

Median Family Income	$103,472
% Above Poverty Level	92.1%
% Below Poverty Level	7.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	32 minutes
% Working from Home	16.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.4%
% Using Public Transportation	1.1%

Housing

People Living Alone	28%
Median Gross Rent	$1,346
Median House Value	$336,100

Ancestry

German	26%
Irish	20.4%
Italian	14%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	13.9%
Polish	11.6%
English	11.3%
Scottish	4.4%
Ukrainian	2%
Portuguese	1.8%
French Except Basque	1.5%
Slovak	1.5%
Swedish	1.4%
Dutch	1.3%
Lithuanian	1.1%
Czech	1%
Welsh	0.9%
Greek	0.7%
Russian	0.6%
Latvian	0.6%
Finnish	0.6%
Hungarian	0.5%
Danishn	0.5%
Canadian	0.2%
Swiss	0.2%
Croatian	0.2%
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Ocean View Almanac

Category	Value
County	Sussex County
Standard Zip Codes	19970, 19967
Phone Area Codes	302
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	38.54
Approximate Longitude	-75.09

Ocean View 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	15.5 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	GEORGETOWN 5 SW
Distance	20.4 miles
Jan Temp	25 to 44 F
Apr Temp	41 to 64 F
Jul Temp	65 to 87 F
Oct Temp	45 to 68 F
Annual Precip	45.3 inches

Station	SNOW HILL 4 N
Distance	26.8 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

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bethany Beach	1,006	$99,167
Dagsboro	856	$69,167
Fenwick Island	461	$101,000
Frankford	984	$62,500
Millville	1,877	$73,750
Selbyville	2,252	$69,167

Ocean View Public Schools

Lord Baltimore Elementary School
120 Atlantic Avenue
ZIP: 19970
(302) 537-2700
Primary
Total Enrollment 662

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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