Delaware · Census place 1026620
Felton, Delaware
Felton is a town in Kent County, Delaware with an estimated 1,375 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,375
- #27 of 33 in Delaware
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +56 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,741 / sq mi
- State median 1,762
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Felton population, 2020 to 2024
Felton added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Felton covers 0.79 square miles of land, for 1,741 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Felton is close to the typical town.
What county Felton is in
All of Felton's residents live in Kent County, which had 192,690 residents in 2024. Felton holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Felton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Felton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19943. 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 Felton is
The Census internal point of Felton is at 39.012600, -75.576600. Dover, the capital, is 10.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Camden, DE (4,191 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 58.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.012600, -75.576600
- DMS
- 39°00'45.36"N 75°34'35.76"W
- UTM
- 18N 450079.9E 4318332.9N
- Geohash
- dqfmbnnbc
- Plus code
- 87F62C7F+29
Daylight in Felton
At 39.01° N, Felton gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Felton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Frederica, 5.9 miles away, with 1,131 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Felton, DE?
1,375 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 56 (4.2%) from 1,319 in July 2020.
What county is Felton in?
Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Felton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19943.
How far is Felton from Dover?
10.4 miles (16.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Felton.
What is the nearest larger city to Felton?
Camden, DE, with 4,191 residents, 6.1 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.