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Kent County

Population in July 2007: 4,065.
Males: 2,062  (50.7%)
Females: 2,003  (49.3%)
Median resident age:  22.9 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19901.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,200 (it was $34,318 in 2000)
Dover Base Housing  $39,200
Delaware:  $54,610

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $135,200 (it was $75,000 in 2000)
Dover Base Housing  $135,200
Delaware:  $239,700

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Races in Dover Base Housing:

  • White Non-Hispanic (69.0%)
  • Black (16.6%)
  • Hispanic (7.7%)
  • Two or more races (5.3%)
  • Other race (2.8%)
  • American Indian (1.5%)
  • Filipino (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Dover Base Housing: 87.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (20.1%), Irish (12.6%), United States (9.8%), English (8.9%), Italian (3.8%), Polish (3.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 64 feet

Land area: 0.67 square miles.

Population density: 6062 people per square mile 
 
  (high).

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For population 25 years and over in Dover Base Housing

  • High school or higher: 97.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.8%
  • Unemployed: 8.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 11.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Dover Base Housing CDP

  • Never married: 8.1%
  • Now married: 88.3%
  • Separated: 1.2%
  • Widowed: 0.0%
  • Divorced: 2.5%

140 residents are foreign born (1.9% Europe, 1.5% Latin America, 0.7% Asia).

This place:  4.1%
Delaware:  5.7%

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

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

Dover Base Housing:  0.5% ($350)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Vineland, NJ (40.8 miles , pop. 56,271).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (65.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE (2.0 miles ), Kent Acres, DE (2.6 miles ), Highland Acres, DE (2.8 miles ), Magnolia, DE (3.4 miles ), Rodney Village, DE (3.6 miles ), Little Creek, DE (4.0 miles) , Dover, DE (4.3 miles ), Camden, DE (4.6 miles ).

Latitude: 39.12 N, Longitude: 75.48 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 302

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Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Public administration (23%)
  • Construction (17%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Paper (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Social assistance (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Customer service representatives (6%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Child care workers (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Customer service representatives (7%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)


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Dover Base Housing-area historical tornado activity is near Delaware state average. It is 13% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/9/1977, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 6.2 miles away from the Dover Base Housing place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 7/31/1992, a category 2 tornado 7.1 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Dover Base Housing:
  • BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; DOVER, DE)
  • SOUTH JERSEY HOSPITAL SYSTEM (about 29 miles; BRIDGETON, NJ)
  • ROCKFORD CENTER (about 32 miles; NEWARK, DE)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Dover Base Housing:
  • DOVER AFB (about 3 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 39 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 54 miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dover Base Housing:
  • DELDOT HELISTOP (about 2 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N5)
  • CHANDELLE ESTATES (about 6 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N4)
  • JENKINS (about 7 miles; WYOMING, DE; ID: 15N)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dover Base Housing:
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; Dover, DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 32 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 35 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS (about 35 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 39 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
  • ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,587)
  • GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 48 miles; SEWELL, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)

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Average household size:
This place:  3.3 people
Delaware:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  98.6%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  0.6%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.2%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  1.7%
Whole state:  4.4%

Dover Base Housing compared to Delaware state average:
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age above state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Kent County Delaware:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,636 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.47%
Delaware average:  6.10%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($838 average AGI)
Kent County:  0.21%
Delaware average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Castle County, DE  1.92% ($46,984 average AGI)
from Philadelphia County, PA  0.19% ($43,981)
from Caroline County, MD  0.16% ($32,667)


6.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,085 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.54%
Delaware average:  5.32%

0.29% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,231 average AGI)
Kent County:  0.29%
Delaware average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to New Castle County, DE  1.09% ($41,164 average AGI)
to Philadelphia County, PA  0.10% ($33,481)
to Caroline County, MD  0.07% ($26,421)


Strongest AM radio stations in Dover Base Housing:
  • WIBF (1600 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: DIAMOND STATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDOV (1410 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WJWL (900 AM; 11 kW; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Dover Base Housing:
  • WRDX (94.7 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRTX (91.7 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF THE C/WEALTH SYSTEM)
  • W261AE (100.1 FM; CAMDEN, DE; Owner: FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH)
  • W292CF (106.3 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WDSD (92.9 FM; SMYRNA, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAFL (97.7 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WXPZ (101.3 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSCL (89.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WSNJ-FM (107.7 FM; BRIDGETON, NJ; Owner: COHANZICK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WJKS (101.7 FM; CANTON, NJ; Owner: QC COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • W277AH (103.3 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Dover Base Housing:
  • WEVD-LP (Channel 27; DOVER, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE)
  • W14CM (Channel 14; DOVER, DE; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WBOC-TV (Channel 16; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: WBOC, INC.)
  • WDPB (Channel 64; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)

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