Felton vs Frederica

A side-by-side comparison of Felton and Frederica: population, income, housing, and more.

Felton and Frederica are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Felton has the higher population (1,129 vs 972 in Frederica). Frederica has the higher median household income ($70,288 vs $62,000 in Felton). Felton has the higher median home value ($276,800 vs $216,700 in Frederica).

Population, income & housing

	Felton	Frederica
Population	1,129	972
Median age	46.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,000	$70,288
Median home value	$276,800	$216,700
Median gross rent	$884	$1,133
Housing units	580	399
Homeownership rate	65.6%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Felton	Frederica
Population	1,355 → 1,129 (-16.7%)	967 → 972 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $62,000 (-6.2%)	$47,554 → $70,288 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $276,800 (+44.7%)	$150,000 → $216,700 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $884 (+2.9%)	$1,139 → $1,133 (-0.5%)

Felton

Population

1,3551,129

Median household income

$66,071$62,000

Median home value

$191,300$276,800

Median gross rent

$859$884

Frederica

Population

967972

Median household income

$47,554$70,288

Median home value

$150,000$216,700

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,133

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Felton	Frederica
Under 5	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	24.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	4.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.3%
75 and over	11.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Felton	Frederica
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	46.3%
Black or African American	15.6%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	28.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Felton	Frederica
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Felton	Frederica
Drove alone	83.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	2.5%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Felton	Frederica
1-unit, detached	74.5%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Felton	Frederica
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.00	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1995	1976