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Population (year 2000): 346. Estimated
population in July 2005: 373 (+7.8% change)
Males: 166 (48.0%), Females: 180 (52.0%)
New Castle County
Zip code:
19734
Median resident age: 36.5 years
Median household income: $47,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $97,500 (year 2000)
Races in Townsend:
- White Non-Hispanic (84.1%)
- Black (11.6%)
- Hispanic (2.6%)
- Other race (2.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
Ancestries: English (26.9%), Irish (25.7%),
German (11.0%), United States (4.9%), Italian (4.6%), French
(3.5%).
Elevation: 64 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Townsend
- High school or higher: 80.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 0.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Townsend town
- Never married: 30.1%
- Now married: 54.1%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 7.2%
- Divorced: 8.6%
4.3% Foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 0.6%
Asia, 0.6% Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: -72 (-17.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Townsend:
- ROCKFORD CENTER (about 14 miles; NEWARK, DE)
- UNION HOSPITAL-CECIL COUNTY (about 20 miles; ELKTON,
MD)
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; DOVER, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Townsend:
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 20 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- DOVER AFB (about 26 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 46 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Townsend:
- SUMMIT (about 9 miles; MIDDLETOWN, DE; ID: EVY)
- MASSEY AERODROME (about 10 miles; MASSEY, MD; ID:
MD1)
- SMYRNA (about 10 miles; SMYRNA, DE; ID: 38N)
Amtrak station near Townsend:
- 20 miles: NEWARK (429 S. COLLEGE AVE.). Services:
public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Townsend:
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 14 miles; NEWARK, DE;
Full-time enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 17 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; Dover,
DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 21 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 39 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 39
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
Public primary/middle school in Townsend:
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 332;
Location: 126 MAIN STREET; Grades: 01 - 05)
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