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Population (year 2000): 1,637
Males: 784  (47.9%)
Females: 853  (52.1%)

Kent County

Median resident age:  37.1 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19901.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $51,000 (it was $43,261 in 2000)
Kent Acres  $51,000
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $132,700 (it was $94,700 in 2000)
Kent Acres  $132,700
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Kent Acres:

  • White Non-Hispanic (72.3%)
  • Black (19.9%)
  • Hispanic (4.6%)
  • Two or more races (3.0%)
  • Other race (2.0%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
  • Filipino (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Kent Acres: 83.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (18.6%), English (16.9%), Irish (14.7%), Italian (5.3%), United States (5.2%), French (3.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 40 feet

Land area: 0.88 square miles.

Population density: 1852 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Kent Acres

  • High school or higher: 84.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.9%
  • Unemployed: 5.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kent Acres CDP

  • Never married: 20.4%
  • Now married: 53.5%
  • Separated: 3.6%
  • Widowed: 5.2%
  • Divorced: 17.3%

73 residents are foreign born (1.8% Asia, 1.2% Europe, 1.0% Latin America).

This place:  4.5%
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:

Kent Acres:  0.7% ($629)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (40.9 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (65.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Highland Acres, DE (1.0 miles ), Rodney Village, DE (1.1 miles ), Dover, DE (2.2 miles ), Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE (2.2 miles ), Camden, DE (2.5 miles ), Dover Base Housing, DE (2.6 miles ), Wyoming, DE (2.9 miles ), Woodside East, DE (5.0 miles ).

Latitude: 39.13 N, Longitude: 75.52 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 302

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Most common industries for males:
  • Public administration (16%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Truck transportation (8%)
  • Chemicals (7%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Paper (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Accommodation and food services (17%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Paper (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)


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Kent Acres-area historical tornado activity is near Delaware state average. It is 10% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/31/1992, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 7.7 miles away from the Kent Acres place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 6/9/1977, a category 2 tornado 7.8 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Kent Acres:
  • BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; DOVER, DE)
  • SOUTH JERSEY HOSPITAL SYSTEM (about 30 miles; BRIDGETON, NJ)
  • ROCKFORD CENTER (about 31 miles; NEWARK, DE)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kent Acres:
  • DOVER AFB (about 5 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 38 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 55 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kent Acres:
  • DELDOT HELISTOP (about 2 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N5)
  • JENKINS (about 5 miles; WYOMING, DE; ID: 15N)
  • CHANDELLE ESTATES (about 6 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N4)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kent Acres:
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; Dover, DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 31 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 34 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS (about 37 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 37 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
  • ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,587)
  • GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; SEWELL, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)

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

Percentage of family households:
This place:  71.0%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  8.2%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  12.3%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.3%
Whole state:  4.4%

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


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2004 Presidential Election results in Kent County Delaware:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

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%

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)


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%

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)


Strongest AM radio stations in Kent Acres:
  • WIBF (1600 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: DIAMOND STATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDOV (1410 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WJWL (900 AM; 11 kW; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • 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.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Kent Acres:
  • W261AE (100.1 FM; CAMDEN, DE; Owner: FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH)
  • W292CF (106.3 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
  • 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)
  • WDSD (92.9 FM; SMYRNA, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAFL (97.7 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WXPZ (101.3 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSCL (89.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WSNJ-FM (107.7 FM; BRIDGETON, NJ; Owner: COHANZICK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WJKS (101.7 FM; CANTON, NJ; Owner: QC COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • W277AH (103.3 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Kent Acres:
  • WEVD-LP (Channel 27; DOVER, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE)
  • W14CM (Channel 14; DOVER, DE; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WBOC-TV (Channel 16; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: WBOC, INC.)
  • WDPB (Channel 64; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)

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