Betterton, Maryland

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Population in July 2008: 354. Population change since 2000: -5.9%

Males: 166	(47.1%)
Females: 188	(52.9%)

Median resident age:	39.4 years
Maryland median age:	36.0 years

Zip codes: 21610.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $51,782 (it was $36,477 in 2000)

Betterton:	$51,782
Maryland:	$68,080

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $34,890

Betterton:	$34,890
Maryland:	$33,743

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $226,669 (it was $95,000 in 2000)

Betterton:	$226,669
Maryland:	$347,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $267,456; Detached houses: $257,046; Townhouses or other attached units: $392,416; In 2-unit structures: $173,758; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $428,438

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Races in Betterton:

White Non-Hispanic (89.1%)
Hispanic (8.2%)
Other race (4.5%)
Black (2.1%)
Two or more races (1.1%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Betterton: 82.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (26.3%), German (21.0%), Italian (13.6%), English (13.0%), United States (7.2%), Polish (2.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1906

Elevation: 330 feet

Land area: 0.89 square miles.

Population density: 399 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Betterton

High school or higher: 79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
Unemployed: 0.5%
Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Betterton town

Never married: 26.3%
Now married: 55.0%
Separated: 1.9%
Widowed: 11.9%
Divorced: 5.0%

11 residents are foreign born (2.9% Latin America).

This town:	2.9%
Maryland:	9.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Betterton:	1.2% ($1,153)
Maryland:	1.2% ($1,782)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Dundalk, MD (24.8 miles , pop. 62,306).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (30.0 miles , pop. 651,154).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (65.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (2.9 miles ), Galena, MD (3.2 miles ), Chestertown, MD (3.2 miles ), District 4, Chestertown, MD (3.2 miles ), Cecilton, MD (3.2 miles ), Perryman, MD (3.3 miles ), Kingstown, MD (3.3 miles ), Aberdeen, MD (3.4 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 4 buildings, average cost: $94,000
2000: 1 building, cost: $56,600
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $89,800
2004: 1 building, cost: $78,000
2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $78,000
2006: 0 buildings
2007: 1 building, cost: $453,000
2008: 1 building, cost: $210,000

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Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 39.37 N, Longitude: 76.06 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 410

Population change in the 1990s: +15 (+4.2%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (18%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
Public administration (8%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
U. S. Postal service (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Health care (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (14%)
Health care (14%)
Public administration (11%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers (7%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
Food (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (11%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)

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Betterton-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Maryland state average. It is 60% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 29.2 miles away from the Betterton town center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 6/9/1961, a category 3 tornado 30.6 miles away from the town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Betterton-area historical earthquake activity is above Maryland state average. It is 87% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 66.6 miles away from Betterton center
On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 66.4 miles away from the city center
On 8/26/2003 at 18:24:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.5 ML, Depth: 1.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 99.5 miles away from the city center
On 10/23/1990 at 01:34:48, a magnitude 3.2 (2.9 LG, 3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 31.3 miles away from Betterton center
On 11/14/1997 at 03:44:11, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 54.8 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Betterton:

KENT & QUEEN ANNES HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; CHESTERTOWN, MD)
UPPER SHORE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CT (about 10 miles; CHESTERTOWN, MD)
HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSP (about 15 miles; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD)

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Amtrak station near Betterton:

12 miles: ABERDEEN (S. PHILADELPHIA & BELAIR AVE.). Services: free short-term parking, intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Betterton:

HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; BEL AIR, MD; Full-time enrollment: 2,646)
DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 26 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 27 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 29 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; BALTIMORE, MD; FT enrollment: 5,564)
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; BALTIMORE, MD; FT enrollment: 12,330)
TOWSON UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; TOWSON, MD; FT enrollment: 13,971)

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Notable location: Betterton Town Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Betterton include: Saint Johns Church (A), Betterton Lutheran Church (B), Betterton United Methodist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Betterton include: Betterton Beach Park (1), Betterton Historic District (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Betterton Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotels: Sparks Raymond & Sandra (115 Ericsson Avenue), Lantern Inn (115 Ericsson Avenue).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Betterton and their reported violations in the past:

BETTERTON (Population served: 481, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JAN-2000 and MAY-2002, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-12-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAY-28-2002)

Public Education - Between JAN-2000 and MAY-2002, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-12-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAY-28-2002)

Past monitoring violations:

Initial, Follow-up, or Routine SOWT M&R - Between JAN-2000 and MAY-2002, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-12-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAY-28-2002)

Initial Water Quality Parameter WQP M&R - Between JAN-2000 and DEC-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-12-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAY-28-2002)

Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-01-1999 and MAR-01-2001, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-20-2001), St Compliance achieved (MAR-01-2001)

Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-01-1997 and MAR-06-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from MAY-06-1998 to SEP-20-1999), St Compliance achieved (MAR-06-2000)

Average household size:

This town:	2.3 people
Maryland:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	62.2%
Whole state:	68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.9%
Whole state:	5.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	6.8%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	1.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Betterton, MD

Betterton compared to Maryland state average:

Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
House age significantly above state average.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Kent County Maryland:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%) Electricity (36%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%) Wood (3%) Other fuel (1%)

Religion statistics for Betterton

Adherents

Name	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Episcopal Church	Lutheran Church	Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Adherents	48.0%	25.3%	12.1%	3.7%	3.0%
Congregations	55.6%	8.9%	11.1%	2.2%	4.4%

Name	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Southern Baptist Convention	Friends (Quakers)	Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Other religions
Adherents	2.6%	1.8%	1.4%	0.7%	1.4%
Congregations	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	8.9%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$2,330	$27,960	0	$0
Water Supply	2	$6,781	$40,686	0	$0
Totals for Government	3	$9,111	$36,444	0	$0

Betterton government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $70,000
All Other: $48,000
Current Operations - Sewerage: $51,000
Financial Administration: $38,000

Water Utilities: $34,000

General - Other: $21,000

Regular Highways: $14,000

Solid Waste Management: $13,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000

Parks & Recreation: $4,000

Central Staff Services: $2,000

Fire Protection: $2,000

General Public Buildings: $1,000
General - Interest on Debt: $15,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $19,000
All Other: $1,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $297,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $277,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $20,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $4,000
Interest Earnings: $4,000

Rents: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $350,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $77,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $37,000
All Other: $8,000
Tax - Property: $95,000
NEC: $3,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $26,000

6.38% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($52,275 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.38%
Maryland average:	7.95%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Queen Anne's County, MD	1.18% ($30,068 average AGI)
from Anne Arundel County, MD	0.46% ($58,441)
from Cecil County, MD	0.36% ($42,741)

5.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,978 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.99%
Maryland average:	8.13%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Queen Anne's County, MD	0.86% ($33,672 average AGI)
to New Castle County, DE	0.42% ($41,548)
to Kent County, DE	0.38% ($32,464)

Strongest AM radio stations in Betterton:

WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WJSS (1330 AM; 5 kW; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: PEOPLES BROADCAST NETWORK, LLC)
WGOP (700 AM; daytime; 25 kW; WALKERSVILLE, MD; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WMET (1150 AM; 50 kW; GAITHERSBURG, MD; Owner: BELTWAY ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Betterton:

WXCY (103.7 FM; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWMX (106.5 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WLIF (101.9 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: INFINITY WLIF, INC.)
WIYY (97.9 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
WSMJ (104.3 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WPOC (93.1 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WZBA (100.7 FM; WESTMINSTER, MD; Owner: SHAMROCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WDAC (94.5 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
WXYV (105.7 FM; CATONSVILLE, MD; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WERQ-FM (92.3 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
WOEL-FM (89.9 FM; ELKTON, MD; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
WHFC (91.1 FM; BEL AIR, MD; Owner: HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WKHS (90.5 FM; WORTON, MD; Owner: BOARD OF EDUCATION OF KENT COUNTY)

TV broadcast stations around Betterton:

WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
WBAL-TV (Channel 11; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WBAL HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WMAR-TV (Channel 2; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WBFF (Channel 45; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: CHESAPEAKE TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC)
WNUV (Channel 54; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: BALTIMORE (WNUV-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
WJZ-TV (Channel 13; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
WMPB (Channel 67; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION)
WUTB (Channel 24; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WMPT (Channel 22; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION)

Betterton fatal accident list:
Aug 27, 1983 08:10 AM, Md0292, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2

Howell Point Road, Call Sign: KRX454, Licensee ID: L00037460
Assigned Frequencies : 33.8400 MHz, 33.9800 MHz
Grant Date: 07/26/2001, Expiration Date: 08/25/2011
Registrant: Betterton, Town Of, Box 235 Howell Point Rd, Betterton, MD 21610, Phone: (301) 348-5678
Howell Point Rd, Call Sign: WCG628
Assigned Frequencies : 173.203 MHz
Grant Date: 04/02/2002, Expiration Date: 06/16/2012
Registrant: Kent County Office Of Emergency Services, 104 Vickeres Drive, Unit D, Chestertown, MD 21620, Phone: (410) 778-3758, Fax: (410) 778-4601, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: N3UBG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01125849
Grant Date: 03/07/2006, Expiration Date: 12/20/2015, Certifier: Eugene T Patrick
Registrant: Eugene T Patrick, 322 Ericsson Ave, Betterton, MD 21610

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 4
Hazardous Condition: 7
Good Intent Call: 1

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