What is the population of Felton town?

Felton town has 1,129 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 79 in Delaware.

What is the median household income in Felton town?

Median household income in Felton town is $62,000 a year, 21.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Felton town?

Median gross rent is $884 a month and the median home value is $276,800, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.

Is Felton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Felton town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Felton, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Felton, Delaware (Felton, DE — Census place “Felton town”) is 1,129 residents, ranking #53 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $62,000, the median home is worth $276,800 and median gross rent runs $884 a month. Looking for the Felton Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Felton, DE: 19943.

Population: 1,129Felton town residents
Median household income: $62,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $276,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $884Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.6%Owner-occupied households

Felton ZIP codes (Delaware)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Felton.

The Felton DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

19943

What the numbers mean in Felton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Felton town median would spend about 17.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.4% of residents and 65.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Felton town, DE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Felton town is a small town in Delaware, with 1,129 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #53 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 33% of them. The median age here is 46.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Felton town earn a median of $62,000 a year, 21.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Felton town is valued at $276,800, 8.8% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $884 a month, 37.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,608 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Felton town?: Felton town has 1,129 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 79 in Delaware.
What is the median household income in Felton town?: Median household income in Felton town is $62,000 a year, 21.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Felton town?: Median gross rent is $884 a month and the median home value is $276,800, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.
Is Felton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Felton town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Felton town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.