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Population (year 2000): 6,732. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,201 (+7.0% change)
Males: 3,124 (46.4%), Females: 3,608 (53.6%)
Sussex County
Zip code:
19963
Median resident age: 35.1 years
Median household income: $32,525 (year 2000)
Median house value: $93,000 (year 2000)
Races in Milford:
- White Non-Hispanic (64.5%)
- Black (23.3%)
- Hispanic (8.8%)
- Other race (4.2%)
- Two or more races (3.0%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (13.5%), United States
(12.1%), Irish (8.6%), German (8.2%), Italian (4.1%),
Scotch-Irish (2.4%).
Elevation: 21 feet
Land area: 5.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Milford
- High school or higher: 76.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
- Unemployed: 7.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Milford city
- Never married: 27.7%
- Now married: 45.6%
- Separated: 3.6%
- Widowed: 12.3%
- Divorced: 10.8%
6.3% Foreign born (4.8% Latin America, 1.3%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +401 (+6.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Milford:
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; DOVER, DE)
- BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; LEWES, DE)
- NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 23 miles;
SEAFORD, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Milford:
- DOVER AFB (about 15 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 41
miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 54 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Milford:
- HENDERSON AVIATION (about 10 miles; FELTON, DE; ID:
0N6)
- CHORMAN (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, DE; ID: D74)
- DELDOT HELISTOP (about 16 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Milford:
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 17 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; Full-time enrollment:
2,053)
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; Dover,
DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles;
SALISBURY, MD; FT enrollment: 5,645)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 47 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 53
miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; FT enrollment: 2,940)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 53 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 54 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
Public high school in Milford:
- MILFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,043;
Location: 1019 NORTH WALNUT STREET; Grades: 08 - 12)
Private high school in Milford:
- MILFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 70;
Location: 301 OLD SHAWNEE RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Milford:
- MILFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 925;
Location: 612 LAKEVIEW AVENUE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- LULU M. ROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
618; Location: 310 LOVERS LANE; Grades: 01 - 05)
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 567; Location: 449 NORTH STREET; Grades: 01 -
05)
- MILFORD ILC (Students: 12; Location: 906
LAKEVIEW AVENUE; Grades: PK - 12)
Library in Milford:
- MILFORD DISTRICT FREE LIBRARY (Operating
income: $311,299; Location: 11 SOUTH EAST FRONT STREET;
50,298 books; 1,195 audio materials; 3,003 video
materials; 110 serial subscriptions)
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