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Ellendale, DE map Population (year 2000): 327. Estimated population in July 2006: 345 (+5.5% change)
 

Males: 159  (48.6%)
Females: 168  (51.4%)

Sussex County

Median resident age:  37.9 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19941.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,500 (it was $37,083 in 2000)
Ellendale  $42,500
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $125,500 (it was $75,500 in 2000)
Ellendale  $125,500
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Ellendale:

  • White Non-Hispanic (55.4%)
  • Black (37.9%)
  • Hispanic (4.6%)
  • Other race (4.6%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (16.8%), German (12.2%), Irish (9.8%), English (5.5%), Italian (5.2%), Scottish (2.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1905

Elevation: 52 feet

Land area: 0.25 square miles.

Population density: 1357 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Ellendale

  • High school or higher: 69.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ellendale town

  • Never married: 27.6%
  • Now married: 53.5%
  • Separated: 2.4%
  • Widowed: 9.1%
  • Divorced: 7.5%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.0%
Delaware:  5.7%



According to our research there were 11 registered sex offenders living in Ellendale, Delaware in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Ellendale to the number of sex offenders is 31 to 1.

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

Ellendale:  0.5% ($361)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
Ellendale satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Vineland, NJ (54.4 miles , pop. 56,271).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (84.6 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Milford, DE (7.3 miles ), Milton, DE (7.9 miles ), Georgetown, DE (8.5 miles ), Houston, DE (9.5 miles ), Slaughter Beach, DE (11.1 miles) , Greenwood, DE (11.4 miles ), Farmington, DE (11.5 miles) , Bridgeville, DE (13.0 miles ).

Latitude: 38.81 N, Longitude: 75.42 W


7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

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Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-2.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (23%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (26%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Food (9%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Carpenters (12%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Religious workers (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (15%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (8%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Art and design workers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)


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Crime in Ellendale by Year

Type 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 02002
    per 100,000 0.0593.50.00.0574.7
Burglaries 31121
    per 100,000 903.6296.7292.4578.0287.4
Thefts 871055
    per 100,000 2409.62077.22924.01445.11436.8
Auto thefts 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Arson 00110
    per 100,000 0.00.0292.4289.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 198.7) 159.6222.6137.498.3192.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  5.81
US city average:  3.00

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Ellendale-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Delaware state average. It is 35% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/18/1984, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 10.7 miles away from the Ellendale town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 4/28/2002, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 41.7 miles away from the town center caused $150,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Ellendale:
  • NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 18 miles; SEAFORD, DE)
  • BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; LEWES, DE)
  • BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; DOVER, DE)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ellendale:
  • DOVER AFB (about 22 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 33 miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 61 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ellendale:
  • SUSSEX COUNTY (about 10 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; ID: GED)
  • CHORMAN (about 13 miles; FARMINGTON, DE; ID: D74)
  • HENDERSON AVIATION (about 16 miles; FELTON, DE; ID: 0N6)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ellendale:
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS (about 14 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,053)
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; Dover, DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
  • SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; SALISBURY, MD; FT enrollment: 5,645)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 48 miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; FT enrollment: 2,940)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 54 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 57 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 60 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)

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

KENT/SUSSEX DETOX CENTER (Population served: 40, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1994 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
Drinking water stations with addresses in Ellendale that have no violations reported:
  • DCUSA HAND AND HAND (Population served: 45, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.8 people
Delaware:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  72.6%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.3%
Whole state:  6.1%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  15.3%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  1.0%
Whole state:  4.4%

Ellendale compared to Delaware state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Sussex County Delaware:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:



7.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,947 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.10%
Delaware average:  6.10%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($184 average AGI)
Sussex County:  0.07%
Delaware average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Castle County, DE  0.87% ($62,931 average AGI)
from Wicomico County, MD  0.36% ($40,402)
from Anne Arundel County, MD  0.25% ($64,047)


4.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,334 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.72%
Delaware average:  5.32%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($266 average AGI)
Sussex County:  0.03%
Delaware average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kent County, DE  0.91% ($35,501 average AGI)
to Wicomico County, MD  0.41% ($32,937)
to Worcester County, MD  0.15% ($35,098)


Strongest AM radio stations in Ellendale:
  • WJWL (900 AM; 11 kW; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WTGM (960 AM; 10 kW; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WYUS (930 AM; 1 kW; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWGB (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; INDIAN HEAD, MD; Owner: GOOD BODY MEDIA, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Ellendale:
  • WXPZ (101.3 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WAFL (97.7 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSCL (89.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WZBH (93.5 FM; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WXJN (105.9 FM; LEWES, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WGBG (98.5 FM; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WGMD (92.7 FM; REHOBOTH BEACH, DE; Owner: RESORT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
  • WQHQ (104.7 FM; OCEAN CITY-SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTDK (107.1 FM; FEDERALSBURG, MD; Owner: MTS BROADCASTING, L.C.)
  • WZEB (101.7 FM; OCEAN VIEW, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WKDB (95.3 FM; LAUREL, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WJNE (103.5 FM; BETHANY BEACH, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WOSC (95.9 FM; BETHANY BEACH, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Ellendale:
  • WDPB (Channel 64; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WBOC-TV (Channel 16; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: WBOC, INC.)
  • WMDT (Channel 47; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCPB (Channel 28; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION)
  • W38BN (Channel 38; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY EDUCATIONAL B/CTING FOUND.)

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