South Wilmington Socioeconomic Profile - Delaware Department of ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Chapter 8: Public and Community Development and ServicesThis chapter provides information on public and community development and services availablewithin, or in close proximity to, South Wilmington, following the geography shown in Figure 8.1.,which is the cumulative area of the 91 Census blocks shown in Figure 1.3. Included are details ontransportation systems and services, education services, public and community buildings, and publicand social services available to South Wilmington residents. The chapter also includes informationon the South Wilmington water and sewer system and parks and recreational services within SouthWilmington.The information presented in this chapter was collected from a variety of sources, all of which arecited and listed in the Works Cited section of this report. Because the information was collectedfrom multiple sources, the data reflect a variety of years—please refer to the text and/or table/figurecitations to determine the age of the data. Additionally, it is important to recognize that theinformation in this chapter represents that from readily available sources; additional resources maybe present in South Wilmington which were not captured in the accessible data sources and thusthese resources are not represented in the chapter.South Wilmington Key Numbers:Total length of South Wilmington roads: 19.3milesNearest rail station: City of WilmingtonRail services: Amtrak, SEPTA, CSXTransportationNearest airports: New Castle Airport;Philadelphia International AirportNearest port: Port of WilmingtonNumber of childcare facilities: 2South Wilmington school district: Christina(District number 95 – 33 00)Number of public schools attended by SouthWilmington students: 9Number of libraries: 0Libraries in the City of Wilmington: 6Number of courts: 0Courts in the City of Wilmington: 9Number of government buildings: 1Number of senior living centers: 2Number of places of worship: 15Number of health care facilities: 1Major hospitals in the City of Wilmington: 6Number of civic and neighborhoodorganizations: 2City of Wilmington average water usage: 26million gallons/dayCity of Wilmington average waste waterflow: 80 million gallons/dayTotal length of South Wilmington sewersystem: 20.7 milesNumber of parks: 8Sources: Amtrak, 2005; SEPTA, 2005; New Castle Airport, 2005; Philadelphia International Airport, 2005; Diamond State Port Corporation, 2005; City ofWilmington, 2005; Christina School District, 2004; New Castle County, 2005; Delaware State Courts, 2004; City of Wilmington, 2004bCh. 8: Public & community services 123
Figure 8.1. The South Wilmington study area used in this chapter of the report, which represents the cumulative area of the 91 Census blocks shownin Figure 1.3.Sources: Delaware Department of Transportation, 2001; U.S. Census Bureau, 20008.a. TransportationThis section includes details on the transportation systems within or near South Wilmington,including roads, public transportation, rail, airports, and the Port of Wilmington.RoadsRoads within South Wilmington are part of the New Castle County road network and are definedaccording to classes set by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The FHWA classifiesroads according to road function, where function is based on the type of services a road provides tothe public (FHWA, 2002).In 2001, there were a total of 19.3 miles of roads within or bordering South Wilmington (Figure8.2.). These roads fell into five different FHWA classifications (Table 8.1.). Most of the roads (7.3miles total) in South Wilmington were classified as local roads, meaning that they provide limitedmobility and primarily serve to provide access to residential areas and local businesses; speed limitson local roads typically range from 20 to 45 miles per hour (FWHA, 2002). South Wilmington had atotal of 6.6 miles arterial roads, including principal arterial and minor arterial roads; the FHWAdefines arterial roads as those which supplement the interstate system and serve to connect major124South Wilmington Socioeconomic Profile
Page 4 and 5:
Copies of this report may be obtain
Page 7 and 8:
Socioeconomic information can provi
Page 10 and 11:
South Wilmington Census block group
Page 12 and 13:
South Wilmington Census blocks stud
Page 15:
Table of FiguresFigure 1.1. South W
Page 19 and 20:
Figure 5.3. Percentages of owner- a
Page 21 and 22:
Figure 9.1. South Wilmington police
Page 23 and 24:
Table 4.3. Percent of populations i
Page 25 and 26:
PrefaceThis socioeconomic profile r
Page 28 and 29:
Chapter 1: IntroductionThis chapter
Page 30 and 31:
The South Wilmington SAMP provides
Page 32 and 33:
Figure 1.2. Illustration of Census
Page 34 and 35:
South Wilmington Socioeconomic Prof
Page 36 and 37:
Other dataThroughout this report, d
Page 38 and 39:
The Christina River watershed also
Page 40 and 41:
Chapter 8: Public and community dev
Page 42:
Chapter 2: Demographic and Housing
Page 45 and 46:
DRAFT: Not for distributionFigure 2
Page 47 and 48:
DRAFT: Not for distributionIn 2000,
Page 49:
DRAFT: Not for distributiona. Males
Page 52 and 53:
South Wilmington City of Wilmington
Page 54 and 55:
% Local family households80.070.060
Page 56:
Chapter 3: Demographic Characterist
Page 59 and 60:
Figure 3.1. The four Census block g
Page 61 and 62:
Gender distributionIn South Wilming
Page 63 and 64:
a. Males by age% Local female popul
Page 65 and 66:
a. Males% Local male population age
Page 67 and 68:
a. South Wilmington80.070.0MalesFem
Page 69 and 70:
Household typesThe Census Bureau de
Page 71 and 72:
45.040.0a. Family households39.737.
Page 73 and 74:
60.056.954.752.5South WilmingtonCit
Page 75 and 76:
100.090.094.2 94.1 93.4South Wilmin
Page 77 and 78:
% Local population aged 5 years and
Page 79 and 80:
a. Population aged 5-15 years% Disa
Page 82 and 83:
Chapter 4: Employment and Residenti
Page 84 and 85:
Overall, the majority of the popula
Page 86 and 87:
South WilmingtonCity of WilmingtonN
Page 88 and 89:
% Local employed population18.016.0
Page 90 and 91:
Journey to workThis section present
Page 92 and 93:
% Local workers aged 16 years and o
Page 94 and 95:
80.070.072.267.866.5South Wilmingto
Page 96 and 97: 4.b. Residential Income Characteris
Page 98 and 99: The U.S. Census Bureau defines soci
Page 100 and 101: 100.090.0South WilmingtonCity of Wi
Page 102 and 103: a. Residents with incomes below the
Page 104 and 105: a. Family households100.090.0South
Page 106: Chapter 5: Residential DevelopmentC
Page 109 and 110: Figure 5.1. The four Census block g
Page 111 and 112: Renter versus owner occupancyRenter
Page 113 and 114: a. Housing units with mortgages60.0
Page 115 and 116: a. Owner-occupied housing units70.0
Page 117 and 118: 5.d. Age of Housing UnitsIn 2000, m
Page 121 and 122: 5.f. Housing Unit Facilities and Ut
Page 123 and 124: Telephone service availability inre
Page 128 and 129: Chapter 6: Land UseThis chapter pro
Page 130 and 131: In 2002, under the Anderson Classif
Page 132 and 133: Anderson Classification Area (acres
Page 134 and 135: Chapter 6: Land use 109Figure 6.4.
Page 136: Chapter 7: Business establishments
Page 139 and 140: 7.a. Business SummaryIn 2005, a tot
Page 141 and 142: 7.b. Service BusinessesAs character
Page 143 and 144: Business categoryNumber ofbusinesse
Page 145 and 146: 35.034.030.025.0% "Other" businesse
Page 150 and 151: urban areas, cities, and industrial
Page 152 and 153: Public bus transportationPublic bus
Page 154 and 155: Ch. 8: Public & community services
Page 158 and 159: VolumeTotal annual vessel calls 395
Page 160 and 161: Grades 4 - 6Grades 7 - 8Elbert Palm
Page 162 and 163: Institutions of higher learningAs d
Page 164 and 165: City of Wilmington government offic
Page 166 and 167: Hospital Location # of bedsAlfred I
Page 172: Chapter 9: Crime, voting, and vital
Page 175 and 176: 9.a. Crime StatisticsThis section p
Page 177 and 178: % Local arrests45.040.035.030.025.0
Page 179 and 180: 35.0ArrestsComplaints33.330.027.8%
Page 181 and 182: Number of votersPartyregisteredTota
Page 183 and 184: Figure 9.9. Delaware House of Repre
Page 185 and 186: 9.c. Vital StatisticsThis section p
Page 187 and 188: 100.090.090.6Census Tract 19City of
Page 189 and 190: City of WilmingtonNew Castle County
Page 191 and 192: PropertyclassNumber Building assess
Page 193 and 194: Clark, S.L. and Weismantle, M. (200
Page 195 and 196: Simmons, T. & O’Neill, G. (2001).
Page 197 and 198:
City of Wilmington Census tracts:10
show all

South Wilmington Socioeconomic Profile - Delaware Department of ...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?