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Population (year 2000): 784. Estimated
population in July 2005: 838 (+6.9% change)
Males: 359 (45.8%), Females: 425 (54.2%)
Kent County
Zip code:
19943
Median resident age: 33.1 years
Median household income: $42,589 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,000 (year 2000)
Races in Felton:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.5%)
- Black (11.6%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- Hispanic (2.2%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (17.7%), Irish (16.3%),
United States (11.2%), Italian (9.4%), English (7.0%), Scottish
(2.6%).
Elevation: 57 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Felton
- High school or higher: 77.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Felton town
- Never married: 25.7%
- Now married: 55.3%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 6.7%
- Divorced: 11.6%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +107 (+15.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Felton:
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; DOVER, DE)
- NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 26 miles;
SEAFORD, DE)
- BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER (about 34 miles; LEWES, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Felton:
- DOVER AFB (about 12 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 46 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 47
miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Felton:
- HENDERSON AVIATION (about 4 miles; FELTON, DE; ID:
0N6)
- JENKINS (about 8 miles; WYOMING, DE; ID: 15N)
- DELDOT HELISTOP (about 10 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Felton:
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; Dover,
DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 27 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 39 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 44 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles;
SALISBURY, MD; FT enrollment: 5,645)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 46 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 56
miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; FT enrollment: 2,940)
Public high school in Felton:
- LAKE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 844;
Location: 5407 KILLENS POND ROAD; Grades: 08 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Felton:
- LAKE FOREST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 589; Location: 5424 KILLENS POND ROAD;
Grades: 05 - 06)
- LAKE FOREST NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 572; Location: 319 EAST MAIN STREET; Grades:
PK - 04)
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