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 (commute): 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%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $-1 (100.0%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $-1 (100.0%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Vineland, NJ (35.4 miles , pop. 56,271).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (62.2 miles , pop. 651,154).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (63.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Dover Base Housing-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Delaware state average. It is 10% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/9/1977, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 6.1 miles away from the Dover Base Housing place center injured one personand causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 7/31/1992, a category F2 tornado 6.7 miles away from the place center causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Dover Base Housing-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Delaware state average. It is 96% 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 88.8 miles away from the city 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 88.1 miles away from Dover Base Housing center On 10/23/1990 at 01:34:48, a magnitude 3.2 (2.9 LG, 3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 27.3 miles away from the city center On 11/14/1997 at 03:44:11, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 82.1 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Kent County (9) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 2, Snowstorms: 2, Flood: 1, Snowfall: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Blizzard: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Storm: 1, Water Shortage: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Dover Base Housing:
BAYHEALTH - KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 4 miles away; DOVER, DE)
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 31 miles away; LEWES, DE)
"CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC." (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 32 miles away; NEWARK, DE)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dover Base Housing:
Delaware State University (about 6 miles; Dover, DE; Full-time enrollment: 3,113)
Delaware Technical and Community College-Owens (about 30 miles; Georgetown, DE; FT enrollment: 2,382)
Cumberland County College (about 32 miles; Vineland, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,365)
Wilmington University (about 38 miles; New Castle, DE; FT enrollment: 4,279)
Delaware Technical and Community College-Stanton-Wilmington (about 40 miles; Newark, DE; FT enrollment: 3,290)
University of Delaware (about 42 miles; Newark, DE; FT enrollment: 18,469)
Rowan University (about 46 miles; Glassboro, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,650)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 31.6. This is about average.
City:
31.6
U.S.:
32.0
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.38. This is about average.Closest monitor was 3.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
9.38
U.S.:
9.59
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2005 was 0.00528. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 10.0 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.00528
U.S.:
0.05221
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.8%
(5.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 29.4% for Black residents, 37.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
3.1 people
Delaware:
0.0 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
89.5%
Whole state:
-1.$%
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)
Religion statistics for Dover Base Housing (based on Kent County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 32.11%
Here
32.1%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
United Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Episcopal Church
Jewish
Adherents
31.9%
26.0%
4.8%
4.2%
3.9%
Congregations
3.7%
26.6%
1.8%
4.6%
0.9%
Name
Assemblies of God
American Baptist Churches in the USA
The Wesleyan Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Other
Adherents
3.9%
3.3%
2.9%
2.5%
16.6%
Congregations
1.8%
2.8%
4.6%
4.6%
48.6%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 24
This county:
1.58 / 10,000 pop.
Delaware:
1.74 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
Kent County:
0.13 / 10,000 pop.
Delaware:
0.09 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 18
This county:
1.19 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.25 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 52
Kent County:
3.43 / 10,000 pop.
Delaware:
2.84 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 73
Kent County:
4.81 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.43 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:
10.9%
State:
9.0%
Adult obesity rate:
This county:
31.2%
Delaware:
27.9%
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:
