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Upper Christiana, DE mapPopulation (year 2000): 24,529
Males: 12,066  (49.2%)
Females: 12,463  (50.8%)

New Castle County

Median resident age:  31.7 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $62,500 (it was $55,236 in 2000)
Upper Christiana  $62,500
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $202,000 (it was $125,800 in 2000)
Upper Christiana  $202,000
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Upper Christiana:

  • White Non-Hispanic (73.6%)
  • Black (16.5%)
  • American Indian (16.5%)
  • Hispanic (4.4%)
  • Asian Indian (3.1%)
  • Two or more races (2.2%)
  • Other race (1.5%)
  • Filipino (0.7%)
  • Chinese (0.6%)
  • Korean (0.6%)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 235 feet

Land area: 12.0 square miles.

Population density: 2051 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Upper Christiana

  • High school or higher: 91.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.8%
  • Unemployed: 4.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Upper Christiana CCD

  • Never married: 31.2%
  • Now married: 54.9%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 3.7%
  • Divorced: 10.2%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.1%
Delaware:  5.7%

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

Upper Christiana:  0.7% ($918)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
Upper Christiana satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (4.3 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (43.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Brookside, DE (2.6 miles ), Bear, DE (3.6 miles ), Pike Creek-Central Kirkwood, DE (4.0 miles ), Greater Newark, DE (4.3 miles ), Pike Creek, DE (4.4 miles ), Newark, DE (5.3 miles ), Newport, DE (5.7 miles ), Glasgow, DE (6.4 miles ).

Latitude: 39.67 N, Longitude: 75.68 W


People in group quarters in Upper Christiana
  • 148 people in nursing homes
  • 95 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 49 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code commonly used in this area: 302



Most common industries for males:
  • Finance and insurance (12%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Chemicals (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Finance and insurance (22%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Computer specialists (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Business operations specialists (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Customer service representatives (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)


Upper Christiana-area historical tornado activity is above Delaware state average. It is 30% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 7.6 miles away from the Upper Christiana place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 tornado 7.9 miles away from the place center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Upper Christiana:
  • ALFRED I DUPONT INSTITUTE (about 6 miles; WILMINGTON, DE)
  • MEDICAL CNTR OF DELAWARE (about 6 miles; WILMINGTON, DE)
  • DELAWARE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 6 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Upper Christiana:
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 6 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 34 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
  • DOVER AFB (about 42 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Upper Christiana:
  • SUMMIT (about 12 miles; MIDDLETOWN, DE; ID: EVY)
  • NEW GARDEN (about 12 miles; TOUGHKENAMON, PA; ID: N57)
  • RAINTREE (about 13 miles; ELKTON, MD; ID: 1C4)

Amtrak stations near Upper Christiana:
  • 6 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.
  • 10 miles: WILMINGTON (M. L. KING BLVD, & FRENCH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plants near Upper Christiana:
  • 17 miles: Salem 2 in Salem, NJ.
  • 17 miles: Hope Creek in Salem, NJ.
  • 17 miles: Salem 1 in Salem, NJ.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Upper Christiana:
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 4 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 3,817)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 6 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 10 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 20 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 25 miles; CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
  • IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 26 miles; IMMACULATA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,042)

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Notable locations in Upper Christiana: Cavaliers Country Club (A), Harmony Industrial Park (B), Christiana Industrial Park (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Christiana Mall (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Upper Christiana include: Christiana United Methodist Church (A), Mount Pleasant Methodist Church (B), Salem Methodist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Leatherems Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Upper Christiana include: Leathermans Run Park (1), Gallaher School Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

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

Percentage of family households:
This place:  48.0%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  7.4%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.8%
Whole state:  9.2%

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

Upper Christiana compared to Delaware state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in New Castle County Delaware:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

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 Upper Christiana:
  • WAMS (1260 AM; 1 kW; NEWARK, DE; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WTMC (1380 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRAN)
  • 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.)
  • WDEL (1150 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WJBR (1290 AM; 3 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Upper Christiana:
  • WXHL-FM (89.1 FM; CHRISTIANA, DE; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WSTW (93.7 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WVUD (91.3 FM; NEWARK, DE; Owner: UNIVERSITYOF DELAWARE)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WJBR-FM (99.5 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WMHS (88.1 FM; PIKE CREEK, DE; Owner: RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  • WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WOGL (98.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WOEL-FM (89.9 FM; ELKTON, MD; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
  • WSNI-FM (104.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WBEB (101.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEAZ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WRTI (90.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ET)
  • WPHI-FM (103.9 FM; JENKINTOWN, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
  • WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WXTU (92.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTU LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WDAS-FM (105.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPTP (96.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Upper Christiana:
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING 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.)
  • WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
  • WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • W40AZ (Channel 40; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W55BT (Channel 55; TALLEYVILLE, DE; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)

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