Moving to Ellendale, Delaware
Population: 327. Estimated population in July 2024: 344 (+5.2% change)
Males: 159 (48.6%), Females: 168 (51.4%)
Sussex County
Zip code: 19941
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $37,083
Median house value: $75,500
Population by Race
Races in Ellendale:
- White Non-Hispanic (55.4%)
- Black (37.9%)
- Hispanic (4.6%)
- Other race (4.6%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (16.8%), German (12.2%), Irish (9.8%), English (5.5%), Italian (5.2%), Scottish (2.4%).
Elevation: 52 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Ellendale
- High school or higher: 69.2%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 3.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Ellendale town
- Never married: 27.6%
- Now married: 53.5%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 7.5%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-2.1%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Ellendale:
- NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 18 miles; SEAFORD, DE)
- BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; LEWES, DE)
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; DOVER, DE)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ellendale:
- DOVER AFB (about 22 miles; DOVER, DE; Abbreviation: DOV)
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 33 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Abbreviation: SBY)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 61 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; Abbreviation: ILG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ellendale:
- SUSSEX COUNTY (about 10 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; Abbreviation: GED)
- CHORMAN (about 13 miles; FARMINGTON, DE; Abbreviation: D74)
- HENDERSON AVIATION (about 16 miles; FELTON, DE; Abbreviation: 0N6)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ellendale:
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS (about 10 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,053)
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; Dover, DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Full-time enrollment: 5,645)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 46 miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; Full-time enrollment: 2,940)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 54 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 60 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 3,817)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 61 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; Full-time enrollment: 3,087)