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New Castle County

Population in July 2007: 13,513.
Males: 6,689  (49.5%)
Females: 6,824  (50.5%)

Median resident age:  31.4 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19702.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $70,160 (it was $61,707 in 2000)
Glasgow:  $70,160
Delaware:  $54,610

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $275,162 (it was $145,000 in 2000)
Glasgow:  $275,162
Delaware:  $239,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $288,968; Detached houses: $326,667; Townhouses or other attached units: $208,618; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $170,871; Mobile homes: $23,690

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Races in Glasgow:

  • White Non-Hispanic (76.4%)
  • Black (17.0%)
  • Hispanic (3.0%)
  • Two or more races (1.4%)
  • Other race (1.1%)
  • Asian Indian (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Glasgow: 104.1 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (18.0%), Irish (16.9%), English (12.7%), Italian (11.0%), Polish (8.5%), United States (4.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 69 feet

Land area: 9.90 square miles.

Population density: 1366 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Glasgow

  • High school or higher: 92.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 29.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Glasgow CDP

  • Never married: 23.8%
  • Now married: 62.4%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 3.4%
  • Divorced: 8.4%

622 residents are foreign born (1.5% Europe, 1.3% Asia, 1.3% Latin America, 0.5% Africa).

This place:  4.8%
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:

Glasgow:  0.7% ($1,060)
Delaware:  0.7% ($841)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (5.2 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (41.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Central Pencader, DE (0.8 miles ), Bear, DE (1.8 miles ), Elkton, MD (2.1 miles ), Brookside, DE (2.2 miles ), Greater Newark, DE (2.3 miles ), Newark, DE (2.3 miles ), Upper Christiana, DE (2.4 miles ), Red Lion, DE (2.5 miles ).

Latitude: 39.60 N, Longitude: 75.74 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -3,769 (-29.4%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 445 (6.3%)

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Chemicals (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Finance and insurance (25%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Social assistance (3%)
  • Public administration (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Computer specialists (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Engineers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Customer service representatives (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)



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Glasgow-area historical tornado activity is above Delaware state average. It is 59% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 8.9 miles away from the Glasgow place center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 tornado 10.3 miles away from the place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Glasgow:
  • DELAWARE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 5 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)
  • MEADOWWOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (about 5 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)
  • UNION HOSPITAL-CECIL COUNTY (about 8 miles; ELKTON, MD)

Amtrak stations near Glasgow:
  • 5 miles: NEWARK (429 S. COLLEGE AVE.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 14 miles: WILMINGTON (M. L. KING BLVD, & FRENCH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plants near Glasgow:
  • 15 miles: Salem 2 in Salem, NJ.
  • 15 miles: Hope Creek in Salem, NJ.
  • 15 miles: Salem 1 in Salem, NJ.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Glasgow:
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 3 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 3,817)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 5 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 9 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 25 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 26 miles; CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
  • HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; BEL AIR, MD; FT enrollment: 2,646)

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Notable location: Glasgow Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Glasgow include: Pencader Presbyterian Church (A), Friendship Baptist Church (B), Saint Thomas Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

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

Percentage of family households:
This place:  77.0%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.8%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  3.9%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  1.5%
Whole state:  4.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Glasgow, DE


13 people in homes for the mentally retarded


Glasgow compared to Delaware state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School


Glasgow travel time to work
Glasgow mode of transportation to work chart


2004 Presidential Election results in New Castle County Delaware:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (41%)
  • Electricity (32%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)


Religon statistics for Glasgow

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Episcopal ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents55.4%12.5%5.0%4.0%2.4%
Congregations12.9%19.4%9.4%6.8%4.0%
NameSouthern Baptist ConventionAmerican Baptist Churches in the USAMuslim EstimatePresbyterian Church in AmericaOther religions
Adherents2.0%1.8%1.6%1.4%13.9%
Congregations4.0%4.0%1.1%2.5%36.0%
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.


5.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,324 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.11%
Delaware average:  6.10%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($663 average AGI)
New Castle County:  0.14%
Delaware average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Delaware County, PA  0.45% ($53,242 average AGI)
from Philadelphia County, PA  0.37% ($46,448)
from Chester County, PA  0.31% ($65,065)


5.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($63,039 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.19%
Delaware average:  5.32%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($641 average AGI)
New Castle County:  0.06%
Delaware average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kent County, DE  0.53% ($46,984 average AGI)
to Chester County, PA  0.38% ($112,586)
to Cecil County, MD  0.33% ($47,882)


Strongest AM radio stations in Glasgow:
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WXHL (1550 AM; 1 kW; ELKTON, MD; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WAMS (1260 AM; 1 kW; NEWARK, DE; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WTMC (1380 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRAN)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, 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.)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Glasgow:
  • WOEL-FM (89.9 FM; ELKTON, MD; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
  • WVUD (91.3 FM; NEWARK, DE; Owner: UNIVERSITYOF DELAWARE)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WSTW (93.7 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WXCY (103.7 FM; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WJBR-FM (99.5 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WOGL (98.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WDAC (94.5 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
  • WBEB (101.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEAZ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WRTI (90.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ET)
  • WSNI-FM (104.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPHI-FM (103.9 FM; JENKINTOWN, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WMMR (93.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
  • WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WXTU (92.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTU LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDAS-FM (105.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Glasgow:
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
  • WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
  • WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
  • WWJT-LP (Channel 7; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PHILADELPHIA TELEVISION NETWORK, INC)
  • WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
  • WMCN-TV (Channel 53; ATLANTIC CITY, NJ; Owner: LENFEST BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WUVP (Channel 65; VINELAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION PHILADELPHIA LLC)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • W40AZ (Channel 40; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W55BT (Channel 55; TALLEYVILLE, DE; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)


Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)


Glasgow fatal accident list:
Dec 5, 2000 12:18 AM, Us-40 @ Sr-896, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
May 7, 1997 05:09 AM, Us 40 E\b, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Sep 15, 1997 09:27 AM, Us40, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
Feb 7, 1996 02:32 AM, De896&us40, Vehicles: 7, Persons: 8, Fatalities: 1
Jun 11, 1991 06:10 AM, 387, Vehicles: 4, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1
Aug 13, 1988 08:25 AM, 32eb, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 4 meters (13ft)
Total average daily traffic: 42,590
Total average daily truck traffic: 3,132
Total future (year 2016) average daily traffic: 25,269

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1
  • Tim McDougall, 2470 Denny Road (088022), Type: Tower, Structure height: 53.3 m, Overall height: 53.6 m
    Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 116 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116, Phone: (617) 585-7600

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 4 partial tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED15$226,831239$211,004273$190,99085$61,43522$151,2363$29,547
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED2$148,05529$204,18361$184,25015$49,8182$179,3604$34,053
APPLICATIONS DENIED2$238,41031$201,967210$195,93169$79,5159$116,4246$27,642
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$134,45020$201,946110$209,10515$119,3773$116,8430$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$09$251,84241$235,2313$129,5302$283,2250$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

See detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0148.05 , 0148.06, 0148.07, 0148.08

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 4 partial tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED73$233,07323$266,7142$142,100
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED9$212,1516$279,0951$71,230
APPLICATIONS DENIED1$284,7600$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$200,3002$350,2450$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

See detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0148.05 , 0148.06, 0148.07, 0148.08

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

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2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 1

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