Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $739 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $488 (0.4%)
Area name: Dover, DE MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kent County is $616 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $682 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $892 a month.
Cities in this county include: Dover
, Smyrna
, Dover Base Housing
, Highland Acres
, Harrington
, Camden
, Kent Acres
, Rodney Village
, Riverview
, Clayton
.
2005 air pollution in Kent County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.101 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.082 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: New Castle County
, Sussex County
, Caroline County, Maryland
, Kent County, Maryland
, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Kent County: Bennetts
Pier
(A),
Cains Landing
(B),
Alley Corners
(C),
Alms House
(D),
Big Stone Beach
(E),
Anthonys Corners
(F),
Delaware State College Farm
(G),
Delaware State Fairgrounds
(H),
Dickinson Mansion
(I),
Carroltown
(J),
Drapers Corners
(K),
Five Corners
(L),
Greens Corners
(M),
Herrings Corners
(N),
Island Field Site
(O),
Kent County Sewer Treatment Plant
(P),
Leipsic River Range Lights
(Q),
Maloneys Landing
(R),
New Wharf
(S),
Saint Jones Access Area
(T)
Churches in Kent County include: Saint
James Church
(A),
Saint James American Methodist Episcopal Church
(B),
Griffiths Chapel
(C),
Berean Community Church
(D),
Bethel Church
(E),
Bethesda M P Church
(F),
Lighthouse Christian Center
(G),
Blackiston Church
(H),
Blanco Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Amish
Cemetery
(1),
Bethesda M P Cemetery
(2),
Griffiths Chapel Cemetery
(3),
Hopkins Cemetery
(4),
Mount Olive Cemetery
(5),
Saint James Cemetery
(6),
Downham Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Log
Pond
(A),
Dyke Pond
(B),
Bay Pond
(C),
Cypress Pond
(D),
Duck Creek Pond
(E),
Derby Pond
(F),
Tubmill Pond
(G),
Killen Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Horsepen
Arm
(A),
Horsepen Ditch
(B),
Beachy Neidig Ditch
(C),
Thorndyk Branch
(D),
Tantrough Branch
(E),
Muddy Branch
(F),
Muddy Bottom Ditch
(G),
Hawkey Branch
(H),
Improvement Branch
(I)
Parks in Kent County include: Snowland
(1),
Little Creek Wildlife Area
(2),
Little Creek Wildlife Area Logan Tract
(3),
Burton - Derrickson Tract of Murderkill River Nature Preserve
(4),
Sharon Hills Memorial Park
(5),
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
(6),
Octagonal School House
(7),
Cherbourg Round Barn
(8),
Killens Pond State Park
(9)
Beaches: Pickering
Beach
(A),
Fraland Beach
(B)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 8,588
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 5,050 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Kent
County: |
4.0% | | Whole
state: | 5.7% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 995
- 1990
to 1994: 908
- 1985
to 1989: 480
- 1980
to 1984: 546
- 1975
to 1979: 316
- 1970
to 1974: 338
- 1970
to 1974: 440
- 1965
to 1969: 1,027
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Mean travel time to work: 22.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 79.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 29,502
- One,
attached: 4,230
- Two:
947
- 3
or 4: 971
- 5
to 9: 1,565
- 10
to 19: 1,938
- 20
or more: 1,903
- Mobile
homes: 9,392
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 33
Housing units in Kent County with a mortgage: 17,291 (2,179 second mortgage, 2,547 home equity loan, 73 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,572 Agriculture
in Kent County
Average size of farms: 257 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $178468
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $358.39
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.85%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 57.72%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $139074
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 81.90%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $127089
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.69%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.33
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 51.73%
Corn for grain: 43548 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 20509 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 68647 harvested acres
Vegetables: 16565 harvested acresKent
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Delaware state average. It is 1.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 54 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/7/1988, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 30 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Public
administration (12%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Health
care (3%)
- Finance
and insurance (3%)
|
Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (13%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Public
administration (10%)
- Finance
and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (3%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- Germany
(8%)
- Philippines
(8%)
- Korea
(6%)
- Haiti
(6%)
- Mexico
(6%)
- Canada
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Kent County:
|
- German
(13%)
- United
States or American (11%)
- Irish
(11%)
- English
(10%)
- Italian
(5%)
- Polish
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 47,676 (80%)
- Carpooled:
7,717 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 453 (1%)
- Subway
or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad:
6 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
82 (0%)
- Bicycle:
137 (0%)
- Walked:
1,361 (2%)
- Other
means: 516 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,857 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Kent County, Delaware
- 1732
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1091
people in nursing homes
- 381
people in military barracks, etc.
- 154
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 125
people in halfway houses
- 62
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 26
people in other group homes
- 18
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 18
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 18
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $49,248.
8.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,636 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.47% | | Delaware
average: |
6.10% |
0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($838 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
0.21% | | Delaware
average: |
0.14% |
3.01% relocated from other counties in Delaware ($15,222 average AGI)
5.25% relocated from other states ($25,576 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
5.25% | | Delaware
average: |
4.84% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
New Castle County, DE
|
1.92% ($46,984 average AGI) |
| from
Philadelphia County, PA
|
0.19% ($43,981) |
| from
Caroline County, MD
|
0.16% ($32,667) |
| from
Prince George's County, MD
|
0.13% ($45,443) |
| from
Anne Arundel County, MD
|
0.12% ($50,406) |
| from
Burlington County, NJ
|
0.12% ($45,438) |
| from
Delaware County, PA
|
0.11% ($38,903) |
6.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,085 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.54% | | Delaware
average: |
5.32% |
0.29% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,231 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
0.29% | | Delaware
average: |
0.10% |
2.04% relocated to other counties in Delaware ($12,559 average AGI)
4.21% relocated to other states ($24,295 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
4.21% | | Delaware
average: |
4.09% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
New Castle County, DE
|
1.09% ($41,164 average AGI) |
| to
Philadelphia County, PA
|
0.10% ($33,481) |
| to
Caroline County, MD
|
0.07% ($26,421) |
| to
Baltimore County, MD
|
0.05% ($39,071) |
| to
Cecil County, MD
|
0.05% ($43,679) |
| to
Anne Arundel County, MD
|
0.05% ($46,333) |
| to
Wicomico County, MD
|
0.05% ($30,185) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.9
Births
per 1000 population in Kent County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Kent County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Kent County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 18,154 (14,922 aged, 3,232 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 123,056
- In
family households: 106,347 (24,519 male householders, 9,169 female householders)
25,573
spouses, 38,910 children (35,739 natural, 726 adopted, 2,445 stepchildren), 2,660 grandchildren, 737 brothers or sisters, 575 parents, 1,567 other relatives, 2,637 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 16,709 (6,346 male householders (4,754 living alone)), 7,165 female householders (6,099 living alone)), 3,198 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 3,641 (1,250 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 13,647 2-persons, 8,304 3-persons, 6,988 4-persons, 3,038 5-persons, 1,133 6-persons, 578 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 10,853 1-person, 2,268 2-persons, 288 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 3 6-persons.
21,459 married couples with children.
9,303 single-parent households (2,072 men, 7,231 women).
92.1% of residents of Kent County speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,235,094,000 ($8901 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $451,781,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $410,030,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $115,049,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,518,000
Federal grants: $303,843,000
Federal procurement contracts: $162,741,000 ($156,234,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $234,913,000 ($206,422,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,203,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $161,745,000
Federal Government insurance: $121,029,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 10,484
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: |
70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 5,784
| Here: |
40 per 1000 residents | | State: | 44
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +840
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: | +13
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +12,032
| Here: |
+84 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+33 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Kent County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.45 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 1,313
- 1995
to 1998: 5,338
- 1990
to 1994: 6,255
- 1980
to 1989: 8,761
- 1970
to 1979: 9,494
- 1960
to 1969: 6,733
- 1950
to 1959: 5,493
- 1940
to 1949: 2,140
- 1939
or earlier: 4,954
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Kent County, Delaware: |
- 1
room: 11
- 2
rooms: 159
- 3
rooms: 717
- 4
rooms: 2,982
- 5
rooms: 7,010
- 6
rooms: 7,694
- 7
rooms: 5,892
- 8
rooms: 4,690
- 9
or more rooms: 3,893
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County, Delaware: |
- 1
room: 297
- 2
rooms: 900
- 3
rooms: 2,180
- 4
rooms: 3,724
- 5
rooms: 3,202
- 6
rooms: 2,175
- 7
rooms: 1,031
- 8
rooms: 379
- 9
or more rooms: 288
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kent County: |
- no
bedroom: 17
- 1
bedroom: 727
- 2
bedrooms: 5,672
- 3
bedrooms: 18,960
- 4
bedrooms: 6,743
- 5
or more bedrooms: 929
|
Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County: |
- no
bedroom: 409
- 1
bedroom: 3,078
- 2
bedrooms: 5,415
- 3
bedrooms: 4,249
- 4
bedrooms: 899
- 5
or more bedrooms: 126
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Kent County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,322
- 1
vehicle: 8,564
- 2
vehicles: 15,539
- 3
vehicles: 5,475
- 4
vehicles: 1,483
- 5
or more vehicles: 665
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Kent County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 2,383
- 1
vehicle: 6,814
- 2
vehicles: 4,014
- 3
vehicles: 713
- 4
vehicles: 157
- 5
or more vehicles: 95
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57% of Kent County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Delaware.
| Kent
County: |
56.8% | | State
average: | 57.3% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 62426
- Northeast:
24713
- Midwest:
6163
- South:
22572
- West:
3276
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Utility
gas (26%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity
(19%)
- Wood
(2%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (35%)
- Electricity
(28%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood
(1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,296
| Here: |
8.1% | | Delaware: | 17.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 392
| Here: |
5.3% | | Delaware: | 14.0% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 1,498
| Here: |
20.0% | | Delaware: | 21.4% |
Kent
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $8,655,000
- Charges
- Sewerage: $11,381,000
All Other: $7,278,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,364,000
Regular Highways: $369,000
- Construction
- General: $9,942,000
Sewerage: $9,160,000
- Current
Operations - Sewerage: $7,861,000
Central Staff Services: $2,845,000
Health Services - Other: $2,616,000
General - Other: $1,837,000
Financial Administration: $1,610,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,556,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,446,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,327,000
Libraries: $1,081,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,030,000
Police Protection: $644,000
General Public Buildings: $416,000
Regular Highways: $333,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $306,000
Natural Resources - Other: $35,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $1,114,000
All Other: $138,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $4,673,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $52,895,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $12,856,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $64,720,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $19,046,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $26,612,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $89,550,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $28,065,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $5,290,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $4,137,000
Property Sale Other: $2,700,000
Special Assessments: $2,191,000
General Revenue, NEC: $475,000
Rents: $130,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Financial Administration: $295,000
Police Protection: $86,000
General - Other: $80,000
Central Staff: $19,000
Parks & Recreation: $4,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $50,406,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $89,550,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,030,000
- Tax
- Property: $12,257,000
NEC: $250,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $8,153,000
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