19944 Zip Code (Fenwick Island, DE) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 596
Zip code population in 2010: 620
Zip code population in 2000: 342

Houses and condos: 1,736
Renter-occupied apartments: 19
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 19944: 92.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 1.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 470 people per square mile

(low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,155 (0.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,313 (0.2%)

For population 25 years and over in 19944:

• High school or higher: 88.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 58.7%
• Graduate or professional degree: 25.8%
• Unemployed: 0.8%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 19944:

• Never married: 8.1%
• Now married: 57.2%
• Separated: 0.3%
• Widowed: 15.6%
• Divorced: 18.8%

• 
• • 50184.2%White
  • 6811.4%Two or more races
  • 223.7%American Indian
  • 40.7%Hispanic or Latino

Urban population: 531
Rural population: 64

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 19944, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $181,182 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$181,182
State:	$74,239

Salary/wage: $102,144 (reported on 64.3% of returns)

Here:	$102,144
State:	$59,982

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1363.3% for AGIs below $25k, 4075.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6013.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6177.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $3,265 (reported on 60.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$3,265
Delaware:	$1,604

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 220.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 497.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $20,447 (reported on 53.6% of returns)

Here:	$20,447
State:	$8,303

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1315.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1467.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$42,200 (reported on 50.0% of returns)

Here:	+$42,200
State:	+$19,461

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 220.0% for AGIs below $25k, 320.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1575.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$65,700 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$65,700
State:	+$13,079

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6570.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $18,514 (reported on 25.0% of returns)

19944:	$18,514
Delaware:	$22,095

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2270.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2105.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $45,550 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	$45,550
State:	$30,452

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Charity contributions: $11,700 (reported on 17.9% of returns)

Here:	$11,700
State:	$8,999

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Taxes paid: $8,767 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

19944:	$8,767
State:	$7,483

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 96.4%

Here:	96%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 85.7% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k, 100.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 19944, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $69,968 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$69,968
State:	$61,157

Salary/wage: $38,965 (reported on 60.7% of returns)

Here:	$38,965
State:	$50,642

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 65.8% for AGIs below $25k, 48.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 71.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 30.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,687 (reported on 53.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,687
Delaware:	$1,571

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs below $25k, 1.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $6,300 (reported on 46.4% of returns)

Here:	$6,300
State:	$6,610

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.9% for AGIs below $25k, 7.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,791 (reported on 39.3% of returns)

Here:	+$2,791
State:	+$11,439

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$16,140 (reported on 17.9% of returns)

Here:	+$16,140
State:	+$12,773

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $19,725 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

19944:	$19,725
Delaware:	$16,790

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 33.0% for AGIs below $25k, 21.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $30,200 (24% of AGI, reported on 39.3% of returns)

Here:	$30,200
State:	$23,216

Here:	24.2% of AGI
State:	19.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 30.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 37.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 16.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $3,810 (reported on 35.7% of returns)

Here:	$3,810
State:	$3,791

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $25k, 4.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $9,136 (reported on 39.3% of returns)

19944:	$9,136
State:	$8,129

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.7% for AGIs below $25k, 7.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 57.1%

Here:	57%
State:	47%

(% for various income ranges: 44.4% for AGIs below $25k, 57.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 19944, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $73,509 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$73,509
State:	$54,038

Salary/wage: $41,947 (reported on 62.6% of returns)

Here:	$41,947
State:	$44,625

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 105.1% for AGIs below $10k, 42.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 59.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 29.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 32.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 32.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $3,695 (reported on 72.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$3,695
Delaware:	$1,734

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.4% for AGIs below $10k, 7.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $5,753 (reported on 56.4% of returns)

Here:	$5,753
State:	$5,362

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.8% for AGIs below $10k, 8.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$31,661 (reported on 39.9% of returns)

Here:	+$31,661
State:	+$17,328

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.0% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, -0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 27.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$16,462 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$16,462
State:	+$12,191

Total itemized deductions: $28,202 (22% of AGI, reported on 45.4% of returns)

Here:	$28,202
State:	$19,441

Here:	22.0% of AGI
State:	19.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 119.6% for AGIs below $10k, 20.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 15.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 22.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $6,894 (5% of AGI, reported on 41.4% of returns)

Here:	$6,894
State:	$3,727

Here:	5.1% of AGI
State:	3.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $12,934 (reported on 82.8% of returns)

19944:	$12,934
State:	$8,958

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $10k, 3.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $438 (reported on 5.9% of returns)

Here:	$438
State:	$1,733

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 65.6%

Here:	66%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 67.4% for AGIs below $10k, 57.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 59.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 68.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 69.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 19930, 19967, 19970, 19975, 21813, 21842.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 299

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 29 (17 now married, 11 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 19944 with a mortgage: 100 (8 second mortgage, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $3,297
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $668

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 19944 household income distribution in 2022

• 3Less than $10,000
• 5$15,000 to $19,999
• 2$20,000 to $24,999
• 4$25,000 to $29,999
• 13$30,000 to $34,999
• 9$35,000 to $39,999
• 15$40,000 to $44,999
• 17$45,000 to $49,999
• 26$50,000 to $59,999
• 23$60,000 to $74,999
• 21$75,000 to $99,999
• 30$100,000 to $124,999
• 8$125,000 to $149,999
• 20$150,000 to $199,999
• 98$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 19944

• 1$60,000 to $69,999
• 3$70,000 to $79,999
• 15$300,000 to $399,999
• 2$400,000 to $499,999
• 71$500,000 to $749,999
• 68$750,000 to $999,999
• 68$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
• 41$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
• 67$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 19944

• 10$300 to $349
• 1$2,500 to $2,999
• 2No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $570.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $551,631.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,171,920

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $1,191,690 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $800,801 - $1,936,334

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $458,061

Here:	$458,061
State:	$419,599

Townhouses or other attached units: $311,279

Here:	$311,279
State:	$291,415

In 2-unit structures: $483,407

Here:	$483,407
State:	$301,231

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $571,634

Here:	$571,634
State:	$543,616

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $401,104

Here:	$401,104
State:	$212,751

Mobile homes: $124,210

Here:	$124,210
State:	$106,273

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $122,247

Here:	$122,247
State:	$199,088

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 901
• One, attached: 377
• Two: 25
• 3 or 4: 35
• 5 to 9: 91
• 10 to 19: 47
• 20 to 49: 70
• 50 or more: 32
• Mobile homes: 141

Unemployment: 0.8%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 19944

• 61.8%105Drove a car alone
• 10.6%18Walked
• 30.6%52Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 19944

• 18Less than 5 minutes
• 145 to 9 minutes
• 1010 to 14 minutes
• 2115 to 19 minutes
• 2120 to 24 minutes
• 730 to 34 minutes
• 1335 to 39 minutes
• 1045 to 59 minutes
• 460 to 89 minutes
• 590 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 68.0%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 596

• Male householders: 170 (42 living alone), Female householders: 130 (44 living alone)

• 159 spouses (154 opposite-sex spouses), 83 unmarried partners, (83 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 47 children (46 natural, 1 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 foster children, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 180 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 3 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 13 2-persons

14 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

101.5% of residents of 19944 zip code speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ZECCOLA, MICHAEL (SCHUULTZ ROAD, PARCELS 345, 346 AND 348 in FENWICK IS, DE)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-2002-0073, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS
  

• FENWICK MEDICAL CENTER INC (HOUSTON ST RTE 1 in FENWICK ISLAND, DE)

  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , BORODULIA,MD NICHOLAS (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 117
• Northeast: 270
• Midwest: 3
• South: 197
• West: 2

66% of the 19944 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Delaware.

89% of the 19944 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 2% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49 employees: 3 establishments, 10-19 employees: 3 establishments, 1-4 employees: 7 establishments)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1, 1-4: 2)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 7. The highest number of fires - 17 took place in 2017, and the least - 1 in 2012. The data has a growing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (61.9%), and Outside Fires (34.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 19944
• 7861.9%Structure Fires
• 4434.9%Outside Fires
• 32.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 10.8%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 19944, Delaware

Most common first names in zip code 19944 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Dorothy	7	83.1 years
James	5	73.8 years
John	5	63.6 years
Edward	4	72.8 years
William	3	72.3 years
Mary	3	76.9 years
Joseph	3	73.7 years
Charles	3	83.0 years
Ruth	2	84.1 years
George	2	82.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 19944 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Pratt	3	76.3 years
Scarpa	3	74.0 years
Dissinger	2	92.0 years
Heiberger	2	77.1 years
Ashley	2	79.5 years
Newton	2	75.1 years
Press	2	85.4 years
Smith	2	82.0 years

Businesses in zip code 19944

• Dairy Queen: 1
• New Balance: 1
• Walgreens: 1