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Population (year 2000): 313. Estimated
population in July 2005: 345 (+10.2% change)
Males: 163 (52.1%), Females: 150 (47.9%)
Kent County
Median resident age: 30.5 years
Median household income: $38,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,100 (year 2000)
Races in Cheswold:
- White Non-Hispanic (68.4%)
- Black (12.1%)
- Hispanic (10.9%)
- American Indian (7.0%)
- Other race (6.4%)
- Two or more races (4.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (19.2%), Irish (18.5%),
United States (11.8%), English (5.4%), Italian (5.4%),
Subsaharan African (3.8%).
Elevation: 44 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Cheswold
- High school or higher: 66.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 13.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Cheswold town
- Never married: 28.6%
- Now married: 34.5%
- Separated: 12.2%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 16.9%
8.0% Foreign born (5.8% Latin America, 1.6%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +2 (+0.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Cheswold:
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; DOVER, DE)
- ROCKFORD CENTER (about 24 miles; NEWARK, DE)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SALEM COUNTY (about 25 miles;
SALEM, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Cheswold:
- DOVER AFB (about 12 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 31 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 51 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cheswold:
- DELAWARE AIRPARK (about 1 miles; DOVER/CHESWOLD, DE;
ID: 33N)
- SMYRNA (about 6 miles; SMYRNA, DE; ID: 38N)
- JENKINS (about 7 miles; WYOMING, DE; ID: 15N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Cheswold:
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; Dover, DE;
Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 24 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 30 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 31 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 40 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 46 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT
enrollment: 7,587)
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