Felton is a very small town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 1,356 people and three associated neighborhoods, Felton is the 28th largest community in Delaware. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Felton, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Felton, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Felton’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Felton does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $62,000.00.Felton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Felton is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Felton who work in teaching (11.80%), management occupations (9.68%), and sales jobs (9.33%). Felton is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Felton, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.32% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, Felton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Felton is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.48% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Felton in 2022 was $39,727, which is middle income relative to Delaware, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,908 for a family of four. However, Felton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Felton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Felton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Felton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Felton include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Felton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
