Estimated median household income in 2007: $44,374
| This zip code: | $44,374 | | Delaware: | $54,610 |
Nearest zip codes: 21875, 19956, 21801, 21804, 19931, 21830.
Housing units in zip code 19940 with a mortgage: 607 (58 second mortgage, 76 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 275
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,125
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $384
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 8.2% | | Whole state: | 10.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 3.4% | | Whole state: | 5.2% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.2 | | State: | 6.6 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.3 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 102
- 1995 to 1998: 347
- 1990 to 1994: 206
- 1980 to 1989: 269
- 1970 to 1979: 248
- 1960 to 1969: 201
- 1950 to 1959: 165
- 1940 to 1949: 106
- 1939 or earlier: 382
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Delmar, DE (19940): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 34
- 2 bedrooms: 287
- 3 bedrooms: 882
- 4 bedrooms: 236
- 5 or more bedrooms: 13
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 14
- 1 bedrooms: 116
- 2 bedrooms: 180
- 3 bedrooms: 83
- 4 bedrooms: 34
- 5 or more bedrooms: 5
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Vehicles available in 19940 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 29
- 1 vehicle: 399
- 2 vehicles: 718
- 3 vehicles: 234
- 4 vehicles: 45
- 5 or more vehicles: 27
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 43
- 1 vehicle: 239
- 2 vehicles: 119
- 3 vehicles: 14
- 4 vehicles: 17
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 19940:
- Less than $10,000: 41
- $10,000 to $14,999: 20
- $15,000 to $19,999: 20
- $20,000 to $24,999: 10
- $25,000 to $29,999: 10
- $30,000 to $34,999: 10
- $35,000 to $39,999: 11
- $40,000 to $49,999: 25
- $50,000 to $59,999: 39
- $60,000 to $69,999: 34
- $70,000 to $79,999: 16
- $80,000 to $89,999: 36
- $90,000 to $99,999: 38
- $100,000 to $124,999: 128
- $125,000 to $149,999: 166
- $150,000 to $174,999: 242
- $175,000 to $199,999: 141
- $200,000 to $249,999: 186
- $250,000 to $299,999: 135
- $300,000 to $399,999: 158
- $400,000 to $499,999: 43
- $500,000 to $749,999: 27
- $750,000 to $999,999: 7
- $1,000,000 or more: 12
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 19940:
- Less than $100: 24
- $100 to $149: 5
- $150 to $199: 15
- $200 to $249: 7
- $250 to $299: 11
- $300 to $349: 15
- $350 to $399: 31
- $400 to $449: 42
- $450 to $499: 9
- $500 to $549: 11
- $550 to $599: 3
- $600 to $649: 6
- $700 to $749: 3
- No cash rent: 40
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $131,245.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $181,543
- Black or African American householders: $161,109
- Some other race householders: $167,004
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $167,004
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $185,152 (it was $85,800 in 2000)
| 19940: | $185,152 | | Delaware: | $239,700 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $116,285 - $190,311
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $237,703| Here: | $237,703 | | State: | $335,491 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $455,229| Here: | $455,229 | | State: | $208,327 |
In 2-unit structures: $274,957| Here: | $274,957 | | State: | $347,550 |
Mobile homes: $67,200| Here: | $67,200 | | State: | $45,161 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,253
- One, attached: 63
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 63
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 554

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,887 (83%)
- Carpooled: 211 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 140 (6%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 56
- 5 to 9 minutes: 233
- 10 to 14 minutes: 220
- 15 to 19 minutes: 478
- 20 to 24 minutes: 361
- 25 to 29 minutes: 234
- 30 to 34 minutes: 250
- 35 to 39 minutes: 33
- 40 to 44 minutes: 45
- 45 to 59 minutes: 106
- 60 to 89 minutes: 75
- 90 or more minutes: 48
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 44.1%
Household type by relationship
Households: 4,915
- In family households: 4,306 (1,083 male householders, 289 female householders)
1,123 spouses, 1,364 children (1,250 natural, 30 adopted, 84 stepchildren), 164 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 96 other relatives, 131 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 609 (267 male householders (194 living alone)), 251 female householders (242 living alone)), 91 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 103 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 497 2-persons, 369 3-persons, 308 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 436 1-person, 79 2-persons, 3 3-persons.
801 married couples with children.
313 single-parent households (71 men, 242 women).
97.1% of residents of 19940 zip code speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% very well, 20% well, 31% not well, 6% not at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% very well, 43% well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% very well, 10% well, 40% not well).
Foreign born population: 87 (1.8%)
(49.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.8% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (23%)
- Guyana (18%)
- Germany (10%)
- Poland (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Thailand (9%)
- Hungary (7%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 17
- 1990 to 1994: 18
- 1985 to 1989: 15
- 1980 to 1984: 0
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 37
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White population: 4,100
Black population: 648
American Indian population: 17
Asian population: 39
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 19
Two or more races population: 77

First ancestries reported:
|  United States or American: 875 |
|  Other groups: 650 |
|  English: 559 |
|  Irish: 352 |
|  German: 318 |
|  Italian: 116 |
|  Polish: 54 |
|  Dutch: 38 |
|  Scottish: 37 |
|  Norwegian: 34 |
|  Welsh: 31 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 30 |
|  British: 18 |
|  European: 18 |
|  French Canadian: 18 |
|  Pennsylvania German: 12 |
|  French (except Basque): 9 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 8 |
|  Swiss: 8 |
|  Hungarian: 6 |
|  South African: 5 |
|  Belgian: 3 |
|  Canadian: 3 |
|  African: 3 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 3 |
|  Haitian: 2 |
|  Finnish: 1 |
|  Lithuanian: 1 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 1 |
|  Jamaican: 1 |
Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- BRIDGEWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. (36550 SUSSEX HIGHWAY in DELMAR, DE)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-2003-0376, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-2003-0376, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT (8TH & JEWEL STREET in DELMAR, DE)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1986-0387, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Alternative names: DELAMR JR. SR. HIGH SCHOOL, DELMAR S.D., DELMAR SCH DIST
- DELMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL (200 NORTH EIGHTH STREET in DELMAR, DE)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-733
Organizations: DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- DELMAR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (200 NORTH EIGHTH STREET in DELMAR, DE)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-730
Organizations: DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- ALLWASTE ENV SERV CHESAPEAKE INC (RTE 502 in DELMAR, DE)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, ALLWASTE INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- B AND K AUTOBODY (ROAD 501 in DELMAR, DE)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business NAICS classification: AUTOMOTIVE BODY, PAINT, AND INTERIOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
- CARROLLS USED CARS (ROAD 501 in DELMAR, DE)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: RICKY JOHNSON (CONTACT/OWNER)
- STATE LINE AUTOBODY (RT 13 in DELMAR, DE)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- WILLIAMS COIN-OP LAUNDRY (1ST AND STATE in DELMAR, DE)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: DOROTHY HOWARD (CONTACT/OWNER)
- GENES BODY SHOP (PEPPER BOX RD in DELMAR, DE)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business NAICS classification: AUTOMOTIVE BODY, PAINT, AND INTERIOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.; ALL OTHER AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
- JOYS ANTIQUE BARN (610 N 2ND ST in DELMAR, DE)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- WARNER FRUEHAUF TRAILER CO (US RTE 13 & STATE RTE 454A in DELMAR, DE)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, GEBELEIN, P J (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ALLEN'S HATCHERY INC (ALLENS MILLING) (ROUTE 13A & 454A in DELMAR, DE)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: PREPARED FEEDS AND FEED INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMALS AND FOWLS, EXCEPT DOGS AND CATS
Alternative names: ALLEN'S HATCHERY INC. ALLEN'S MILLING DIV., ALLEN'S HATCHERY INC. ALLEN'S MILLING DIV., ALLEN'S MILLING CO.
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,319
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1471
- Northeast: 610
- Midwest: 48
- South: 2722
- West: 29
57% of the 19940 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 2% lived in Delaware.
Population in 1990: 4,257. Population change in the 1990s: +643 (+15.1%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 8.8% | | Delaware: | 17.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 5.5% | | Delaware: | 14.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33
| Here: | 22.9% | | Delaware: | 21.4% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- SPECTRUM SEI MICROWAVE INC (38166 OLD STAGE RD in DELMAR, DE): $121,287 in 7 contracts from 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Communication Equipment, Filters and Networks, Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components, Amplifiers, and more by Navy, Air Force Signed by year: 2000: $-30,704; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $99,500; 2004: $5,980; 2005: $31,051; 2006: $15,460.
Biggest contracts:
$99,500 with Navy for Miscellaneous Communication Equipment. Signed on 2003-01-31. Completion date: 2003-06-12.
$19,236 with Navy for Filters and Networks. Signed on 2005-04-21. Completion date: 2005-06-30.
$15,460 with Navy for Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components. Signed on 2006-05-12. Completion date: 2006-09-30.
$7,710 with Navy for Amplifiers. Signed on 2005-08-13. Completion date: 2005-10-28.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
- Construction: Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (100-249: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1)
- Construction: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
102 people in nursing homes
Fatal accident statistics in 2006
- Fatal accident count: 4
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 6
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 4
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 6
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Fatal accident statistics in 2005
- Fatal accident count: 3
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 4
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 3
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 6
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
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