Delaware · Census place 1014660
Cheswold, Delaware
Cheswold is a town in Kent County, Delaware with an estimated 2,537 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,537
- #22 of 33 in Delaware
- Change since 2020
- +31.2%
- +603 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,379 / sq mi
- State median 1,762
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Cheswold population, 2020 to 2024
Cheswold added 603 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +31.2%. In the latest year it moved by +274.
Cheswold covers 1.84 square miles of land, for 1,379 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Cheswold is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cheswold is in
All of Cheswold's residents live in Kent County, which had 192,690 residents in 2024. Cheswold holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cheswold
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cheswold by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19901, 19904, 19936. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cheswold is
The Census internal point of Cheswold is at 39.218800, -75.588200. Dover, the capital, is 5.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clayton, DE (4,511 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 55.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.218800, -75.588200
- DMS
- 39°13'7.68"N 75°35'17.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 449223.8E 4341222.3N
- Geohash
- dqfppgw65
- Plus code
- 87F66C96+GP
Daylight in Cheswold
At 39.22° N, Cheswold gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cheswold
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Clayton, 4.5 miles away, with 4,511 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cheswold, DE?
2,537 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 603 (31.2%) from 1,934 in July 2020.
What county is Cheswold in?
Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cheswold?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 19901, 19904, 19936.
How far is Cheswold from Dover?
5.7 miles (9.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Cheswold.
What is the nearest larger city to Cheswold?
Clayton, DE, with 4,511 residents, 4.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.