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Odessa, DE map Population (year 2000): 286. Estimated population in July 2006: 329 (+15.0% change)
 

Males: 140  (49.0%)
Females: 146  (51.0%)

New Castle County

Median resident age:  42.0 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19730.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $60,200 (it was $53,269 in 2000)
Odessa  $60,200
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $219,700 (it was $136,800 in 2000)
Odessa  $219,700
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Odessa:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.0%)
  • Black (5.2%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)

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Ancestries: Irish (37.8%), English (32.9%), German (29.4%), Italian (12.6%), Polish (7.3%), Dutch (4.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 50 feet

Land area: 0.44 square miles.

Population density: 732 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Odessa

  • High school or higher: 87.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 14.9%
  • Unemployed: 8.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 38.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Odessa town

  • Never married: 21.6%
  • Now married: 53.6%
  • Separated: 2.4%
  • Widowed: 12.7%
  • Divorced: 9.6%

9 residents are foreign born (1.0% Europe, 0.7% Asia, 0.7% Oceania, 0.7% Latin America).

This town:  3.1%
Delaware:  5.7%

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:

Odessa:  0.5% ($748)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (16.5 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (51.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Middletown, DE (3.8 miles ), Townsend, DE (4.9 miles ), Red Lion, DE (8.8 miles ), Delaware City, DE (9.4 miles ), Central Pencader, DE (11.1 miles ), Smyrna, DE (11.5 miles ), Bear, DE (11.5 miles ), Clayton, DE (11.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $240,000
  • 2003: 14 buildings, average cost: $190,700
  • 2004: 3 buildings, average cost: $170,000
  • 2005: 4 buildings, average cost: $180,400
  • 2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $193,500

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Latitude: 39.46 N, Longitude: 75.66 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 302

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Population change in the 1990s: +3 (+1.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Public administration (24%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (11%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Petroleum and coal products (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (21%)
  • Public administration (20%)
  • Finance and insurance (17%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (4%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Electricians (6%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
  • Top executives (7%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Special education teachers (4%)


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Odessa-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Delaware state average. It is 18% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.0 miles away from the Odessa town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 tornado 20.7 miles away from the town center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Odessa:
  • ROCKFORD CENTER (about 9 miles; NEWARK, DE)
  • DELAWARE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 10 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)
  • MEADOWWOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (about 10 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Odessa:
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 16 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • DOVER AFB (about 28 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 41 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Odessa:
  • SUMMIT (about 6 miles; MIDDLETOWN, DE; ID: EVY)
  • SMYRNA (about 12 miles; SMYRNA, DE; ID: 38N)
  • RAINTREE (about 15 miles; ELKTON, MD; ID: 1C4)

Amtrak station near Odessa:
  • 17 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.

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

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Odessa:
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 9 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 17,786)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 10 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 13 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; Dover, DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 34 miles; CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
  • WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 34 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
Library in Odessa:
  • CORBIT-CALLOWAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $281,125; Location: 115 HIGH STREET; 32,159 books; 476 audio materials; 330 video materials; 105 serial subscriptions)

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Church in Odessa: Saint Pauls United Methodist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Corbit Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Court: Odessa Motel Court (Odessa Motel).

 

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

CEDAR LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Address: 118 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, Population served: 600, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif issued (JUL-30-1997), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-30-1997), St Compliance achieved (AUG-12-1997)
ODESSA A PLUS SUNOCO (Population served: 350, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-25-2005), St Public Notif issued (JAN-25-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUN-16-2005)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Odessa that have no violations reported:
  • HEARTH RESTAURANT (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • HISTORIC HOUSES OF ODESSA (Address: PO Box 507, Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • CORBIT BUILDING (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.4 people
Delaware:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  70.6%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  9.2%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 1.7% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  3.2%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  2.3%
Whole state:  4.4%

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


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 0$0 1$493
Financial Administration 0$0 1$400
Totals for Government 0$0 2$893



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 Odessa:
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, 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.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WDOV (1410 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WTMC (1380 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRAN)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Odessa:
  • WDSD (92.9 FM; SMYRNA, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WRDX (94.7 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSTW (93.7 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRTX (91.7 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF THE C/WEALTH SYSTEM)
  • WJBR-FM (99.5 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WOEL-FM (89.9 FM; ELKTON, MD; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
  • WXCY (103.7 FM; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSNJ-FM (107.7 FM; BRIDGETON, NJ; Owner: COHANZICK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WJKS (101.7 FM; CANTON, NJ; Owner: QC COMMUNICATIONS, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Odessa:
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, 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.)
  • WEVD-LP (Channel 27; DOVER, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE)

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