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Kent Acres, DE

1,832 Population
0.8 square miles 2,157.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±10.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 41 ±0.2

Economics

$26,220 ±$5,177 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $28,911 ±$726
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $36,574 ±$493
$39,342 ±$7,161 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $60,117 ±$1,839
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware: $69,110 ±$1,112

24.2% ±9.3% (434  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 13.2% 22,994 (±1% / ±1,784)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 11.4% 107,641 (±0.5% / ±4,332)

22.2 minutes ±5.7 (14,960  ±5,199) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.3 2,008,675 (±0.9 / ±75,842)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.2 10,998,645 (±0.2 / ±149,290)

Families

724 ±127 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 67,299 ±656
  • Delaware: 370,953 ±1,823
2.5 ±0.6 (1,827  ±313) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 174,145 (±0 / ±556)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 942,727 (±0)

14.9% ±16.9% (55  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,015 (±0.8% / ±335)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 4.5% 9,819 (±0.4% / ±956)

Housing

729 ±127 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 73,073 ±180
  • Delaware: 438,438 ±237

$181,500 ±$41,187 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $226,600 ±$4,032
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $258,300 ±$2,479

24.1% ±11.2% (438  ±216.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 13% 23,067 (±1.1% / ±1,898.7)
  • about double the rate in Delaware: 12% 115,199 (±0.4% / ±3,848)

Social

88.9% ±4% (1,045  ±199.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 88% 105,686 (±2% / ±2,434.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 90.6% 616,027 (±0.9% / ±6,113.8)
24.3% ±7.2% (286  ±99.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 24.5% 29,454 (±1.1% / ±1,296.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 32.7% 222,043 (±0.5% / ±3,454.2)

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

9.6% ±5.4% (175  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 6.2% † 11,023 (±0.6% / ±1,147)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 9.4% 91,133 (±0.3% / ±2,438)

20% ±6.4% (265  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 12.8% 17,242 (±0.7% / ±971)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 8.6% 65,065 (±0.3% / ±1,964)
265 Total veterans ±98 244 Male ±93 21 Female ±22

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