Odessa, Delaware - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	565
Male Share of the Population	50.8%
Female Share of the Population	49.2%
Senior Citizens	18.6%
Employed Population 16+	283
Age of the Population	50

Families

% of people married	55.4%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	36.6%
Median Earnings25+	$51,131
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$35,625
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$33,750

Wealth

Median Family Income	$100,833
% Above Poverty Level	90.6%
% Below Poverty Level	9.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	33 minutes
% Working from Home	2.1%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.8%
% Using Public Transportation	1.1%

Housing

People Living Alone	22.6%
Median Gross Rent	$1,094
Median House Value	$265,900

Ancestry

English	16.6%
Irish	13.8%
Italian	12.4%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	11.2%
German	9.7%
African	2.8%
Scottish	2.3%
Polish	1.9%
Welsh	1.6%
Hungarian	1.1%
Austrian	0.7%
French Except Basque	0.7%
Norwegian	0.7%
Russian	0.5%
Lithuanian	0.4%
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Odessa Almanac

Category	Value
County	New Castle County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	19730
Phone Area Codes	302
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	39.45
Approximate Longitude	-75.66

Odessa 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	MIDDLETOWN 3 E
Distance	0.6 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	15 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

Station	DOVER
Distance	22.6 miles
Jan Temp	27 to 44 F
Apr Temp	44 to 65 F
Jul Temp	68 to 87 F
Oct Temp	49 to 69 F
Annual Precip	46.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Clayton	3,237	$85,066
Delaware City	1,719	$68,661
Middletown	21,250	$94,322
New Castle	5,359	$83,384
Smyrna	11,333	$73,512
Townsend	2,332	$118,250

Odessa Public Libraries

Corbit-calloway Memorial Library
115 HIGH STREET
Odessa, Delaware
(302) 378-8838

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Odessa Public Schools

Old State Elementary School
118 South Sixth Street
ZIP: 19730
(302) 376-4128
Primary
Total Enrollment 625

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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