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Kent Acres, DE

2,519 Population
0.8 square miles 2,967.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 40.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,705 ±$3,224 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $28,845 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $35,450 ±$391
$44,750 ±$15,801 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $60,910 ±$1,897
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $68,287 ±$696

21.7% ±8.1% (538  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 13.5% 23,134 (±1.2% / ±2,012)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 11.8% 109,400 (±0.4% / ±4,134)

24.2 minutes ±6.6 (24,820  ±9,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.4 2,047,180 (±0.7 / ±65,130)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.3 11,247,225 (±0.2 / ±134,695)

Families

871 ±131 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 65,796 ±777
  • Delaware: 363,322 ±1,674
2.9 ±0.3 (2,514  ±467) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 171,638 (±0 / ±647)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.6 932,280 (±0)

11.6% ±11.2% (64  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.6% † 2,343 (±0.8% / ±338)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 4.6% 9,851 (±0.3% / ±667)

Housing

876 ±132 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,753 ±287
  • Delaware: 433,195 ±147

$212,800 ±$39,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $220,600 ±$3,934
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $251,100 ±$2,236

18.9% ±7.4% (465  ±199.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 14% 24,421 (±1% / ±1,778.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 12.6% 119,514 (±0.4% / ±3,869.2)

Social

83.7% ±20.2% (1,343  ±215.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 87.4% 103,220 (±1.8% / ±2,094.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 90% 602,504 (±0.8% / ±4,996.9)
20.9% ±3.7% (336  ±85.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 23.7% 28,030 (±1% / ±1,120.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 32% 214,138 (±0.5% / ±3,009.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.1% ±6% (330  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 6.1% 10,750 (±0.5% / ±928)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 9.6% 91,473 (±0.3% / ±2,689)

16.8% ±6.1% (295  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 12.8% 17,029 (±0.6% / ±854)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 8.7% 65,438 (±0.2% / ±1,490)
295 Total veterans ±120 258 Male ±115 37 Female ±32

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