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Townsend, DE map Population (year 2000): 346. Estimated population in July 2006: 371 (+7.2% change)
 

Males: 166  (48.0%)
Females: 180  (52.0%)

New Castle County

Median resident age:  36.5 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19734.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $53,700 (it was $47,500 in 2000)
Townsend  $53,700
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $156,600 (it was $97,500 in 2000)
Townsend  $156,600
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Townsend:

  • White Non-Hispanic (84.1%)
  • Black (11.6%)
  • Hispanic (2.6%)
  • Other race (2.6%)
  • Asian Indian (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)

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Ancestries: English (26.9%), Irish (25.7%), German (11.0%), United States (4.9%), Italian (4.6%), French (3.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 64 feet

Land area: 0.59 square miles.

Population density: 618 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Townsend

  • High school or higher: 80.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
  • Unemployed: 0.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 34.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Townsend town

  • Never married: 30.1%
  • Now married: 54.1%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 7.2%
  • Divorced: 8.6%

15 residents are foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 0.6% Asia, 0.6% Africa).

This town:  4.3%
Delaware:  5.7%



According to our research there were 19 registered sex offenders living in Townsend, Delaware in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Townsend to the number of sex offenders is 19 to 1.

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

Townsend:  0.5% ($530)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (20.0 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (56.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Middletown, DE (4.4 miles ), Odessa, DE (4.9 miles ), Clayton, DE (8.2 miles ), Smyrna, DE (8.9 miles ), Kenton, DE (11.7 miles ), Cecilton, MD (12.2 miles ), Chesapeake City, MD (12.4 miles ), Galena, MD (13.3 miles ).

Latitude: 39.39 N, Longitude: 75.69 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 302

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Population change in the 1990s: -72 (-17.2%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Plastics and rubber products (14%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Food (5%)
  • Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (18%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (6%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
  • Therapists (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Financial managers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)


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Townsend-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Delaware state average. It is 15% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.9 miles away from the Townsend town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 tornado 24.0 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 Townsend:
  • ROCKFORD CENTER (about 14 miles; NEWARK, DE)
  • DELAWARE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 14 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)
  • MEADOWWOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (about 14 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Townsend:
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 20 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • DOVER AFB (about 26 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 46 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Townsend:
  • SUMMIT (about 9 miles; MIDDLETOWN, DE; ID: EVY)
  • MASSEY AERODROME (about 10 miles; MASSEY, MD; ID: MD1)
  • SMYRNA (about 10 miles; SMYRNA, DE; ID: 38N)

Amtrak station near Townsend:
  • 20 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 Townsend:
  • 20 miles: Salem 2 in Salem, NJ.
  • 20 miles: Hope Creek in Salem, NJ.
  • 20 miles: Salem 1 in Salem, NJ.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Townsend:
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 14 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 17,786)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 14 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 17 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; Dover, DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 39 miles; CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
  • WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 39 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
Public elementary/middle school in Townsend:
  • TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 332; Location: 126 MAIN STREET; Grades: 01 - 05)

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Churches in Townsend include: Haven Methodist Church (A), Immanuel United Methodist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Hotel: Pleasant Hill Motel (3155 Dupont Parkway).

 

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

KIMOTHYS PLACE (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (DEC-02-2002), St Public Notif issued (DEC-02-2002), St Compliance achieved (FEB-11-2003)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1997 and MAR-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif issued (MAR-25-1997), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-25-1997), St Compliance achieved (APR-29-1997)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Townsend that have no violations reported:
  • SHORE STOP - TOWNSEND (Population served: 800, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Delaware:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  72.0%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  7.6%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  1.7%
Whole state:  9.2%

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

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


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Townsend government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $18,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $22,000
    Solid Waste Management: $15,000
    Financial Administration: $11,000
    General - Other: $5,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $9,000
    Interest Earnings: $5,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $150,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $11,000
  • Tax - NEC: $31,000
    Property: $15,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $18,000

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 Townsend:
  • 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.)
  • WDOV (1410 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WIBF (1600 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: DIAMOND STATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Townsend:
  • WDSD (92.9 FM; SMYRNA, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • 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)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WXCY (103.7 FM; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WOEL-FM (89.9 FM; ELKTON, MD; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
  • WSTW (93.7 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Townsend:
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WEVD-LP (Channel 27; DOVER, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE)
  • W14CM (Channel 14; DOVER, DE; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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