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Like all states, Delawareans' average incomes vary greatly across cities and towns.

Data from the U.S. Census' five-year American Community Survey Median shows that median incomes in 2021 in Delaware ranged from roughly $34,615 to $158,036 across the state.

Statewide, the median income was about $72,724, with 8.5% of residents earning more than $200,000 annually.

Of the 50 wealthiest communities, the majority were located in New Castle County, followed by Sussex and then Kent County. Here is the complete list of towns, ranked by the census' estimated median annual income.

The top 50 richest towns in Delaware

50. Newark

County: New Castle Median household income: $61,646 Percent making more than $200,000: 7.3%

49. Wyoming

County: Kent Median household income: $61,765 Percent making more than $200,000: 2%

48. Magnolia

County: Kent Median household income: $62,500 Percent making more than $200,000: 0%

47. Edgemoor

County: New Castle Median household income: $67,841 Percent making more than $200,000: 1.5%

46. Harrington

County: Kent Median household income: $62,639 Percent making more than $200,000: 0.4%

45. Brookside

County: New Castle Median household income: $62,810 Percent making more than $200,000: 4.5%

44. Greenwood

County: Sussex Median household income: $63,717 Percent making more than $200,000: 0.6%

43. Smyrna

Counties: Kent and New Castle Median household income: $63,794 Percent making more than $200,000: 2.2%

42. Wilmington Manor

County: New Castle Median household income: $64,767 Percent making more than $200,000: 2.9%

41. Camden

County: Kent Median household income: $65,023 Percent making more than $200,000: 7.3%

40. Delaware City

County: New Castle Median household income: $65,625 Percent making more than $200,000: 2.4%

39. Ardentown

County: New Castle Median household income: $65,625 Percent making more than $200,000: 10.8%

38. Elsmere

County: New Castle Median household income: $66,833 Percent making more than $200,000: 5.5%

37. Edgemoor

County: New Castle Median household income: $67,841 Percent making more than $200,000: 1.5%

36. Newport

County: New Castle Median household income: $68,036 Percent making more than $200,000: 0.3%

35. Woodside

County: Kent Median household income: $68,750 Percent making more than $200,000: 0%

34. Arden

County: New Castle Median household income: $69,338 Percent making more than $200,000: 7.6%

33. Frankford

County: Sussex Median household income: $71,667 Percent making more than $200,000: 4.7%

32. Rising Sun-Lebanon

County: Kent Median household income: $73,241 Percent making more than $200,000: 8.9%

31. Riverview

County: Kent Median household income: $77,083 Percent making more than $200,000: 3.2%

30. Pike Creek Valley

County: New Castle Median household income: $77,402 Percent making more than $200,000: 6.7%

29. Selbyville

County: Sussex Median household income: $77,974 Percent making more than $200,000: 2.5%

28. Lewes

County: Sussex Median household income: $78,125 Percent making more than $200,000: 16.5%

27. Bellefonte

County: New Castle Median household income: $78,155 Percent making more than $200,000: 3.3%

26. Bear

County: New Castle Median household income: $79,981 Percent making more than $200,000: 6.7%

25. Ocean View

County: Sussex Median household income: $80,225 Percent making more than $200,000: 9.7%

24. Bethel

County: Sussex Median household income: $81,818 Percent making more than $200,000: 1.9%

23. Viola

County: Kent Median household income: $83,036 Percent making more than $200,000: 0%

22. New Castle

County: New Castle Median household income: $83,651 Percent making more than $200,000: 7.6%

21. Millville

County: Sussex Median household income: $85,221 Percent making more than $200,000: 10.2%

20. Houston

County: Kent Median household income: $87,708 Percent making more than $200,000: 1.9%

19. Odessa

County: New Castle Median household income: $88,750 Percent making more than $200,000: 3.8%

18. Clayton

County: Kent Median household income: $91,346 Percent making more than $200,000: 0.9%

17. Middletown

County: New Castle Median household income: $93,750 Percent making more than $200,000: 9.5%

16. Highland Acres

County: Kent Median household income: $96,131 Percent making more than $200,000: 8.8%

15. Glasgow

County: New Castle Median household income: $96,954 Percent making more than $200,000: 9.5%

14. South Bethany

County: Sussex Median household income: $99,063 Percent making more than $200,000: 14.6%

13. Dewey Beach

County: Sussex Median household income: $102,188 Percent making more than $200,000: 19.8%

12. Bethany Beach

County: Sussex Median household income: $102,279 Percent making more than $200,000: 19.5%

11. Fenwick Island

County: Sussex Median household income: $108,750 Percent making more than $200,000: 27.9%

10. Ardencroft

County: New Castle Median household income: $110,132 Percent making more than $200,000: 10%

9. Greenville

County: New Castle Median household income: $118,618 Percent making more than $200,000: 30.4%

8. St. Georges

County: New Castle Median household income: $129,125 Percent making more than $200,000: 26.5%

7. Hartly

County: Kent Median household income: $130,653 Percent making more than $200,000: 0%

6. Pike Creek

County: New Castle Median household income: $131,603 Percent making more than $200,000: 21.3%

5. Rehoboth Beach

County: Sussex Median household income: $137,783 Percent making more than $200,000: 30.5%

4. Henlopen Acres

County: Sussex Median household income: $141,875 Percent making more than $200,000: 40.4%

3. Townsend

County: New Castle Median household income: $142,115 Percent making more than $200,000: 38%

2. North Star

County: New Castle Median household income: $153,971 Percent making more than $200,000: 34%

1. Hockessin

County: New Castle Median household income: $158,036 Percent making more than $200,000: 38%

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Visitors to Fort Delaware State Park now have a smoother ride along Pea Patch Island to the fort after the tram path was reconstructed in time for the park to kick off its 2022 season. The pathway improvement is the first project completed as part of the park’s largest capital investment by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Parks and Recreation.

Once guests arrive to the island via the Delafort ferry, they are transported by a covered tram along the 2,000-foot path and enjoy views of the island’s salt marsh, one of the East Coast’s largest wading bird nesting areas, as they approach the historic fort.

Other projects in the capital investment, which began in September 2021, include more durable trails, a revamped and ADA-accessible heronry observation platform to view the island’s various species of herons, egrets and ibis, a screened pavilion and a new maintenance building.

Fort Delaware visitors can step back into the 1860s with tours from Civil War-period costumed interpreters Saturdays and Sundays through June 5, Wednesdays through Sundays from June 11 to Sept. 5, and Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 10 to Sept. 25. The fort is also open on the Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day holidays.

Starting June 15 through Sept. 4, programs will include artillery and musketry demonstrations, and interactive activities.

Carson Hudson, a history interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg and accomplished musician, will perform Saturday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Fort Delaware Cornet Band Concert will perform popular pieces from the Civil War era Saturday, July 16, at noon.

Tickets are required to visit Fort Delaware State Park, which is only accessible to the public via ferry, and may be purchased in advance by credit card at https://destateparks.com/History/FortDelaware or by calling 877-987-2757. Tickets may also be purchased at 45 Clinton St., Delaware City.

In addition to improvements on Pea Patch Island, the park office that manages both Forts Delaware and DuPont recently moved to a newly remodeled Fort DuPont office complex at 2540 Colter Road, Delaware City.

About DNREC

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control protects and manages the state’s natural resources, protects public health, provides outdoor recreational opportunities and educates Delawareans about the environment. The DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation oversees more than 26,000 acres in 17 state parks and the Brandywine Zoo. For more information, visit the website and connect with @DelawareDNREC on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Media Contacts: Shauna McVey, [email protected] or Michael Globetti, [email protected].

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The Delaware City Refinery, owned by PBF Energy, in New Castle County is second on the list for most nitrogen discharges from oil refiners nationwide, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP).

The report, “Oil’s Unchecked Outfalls,” looked at 2021 data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on discharges from all 81 refineries nationwide.

While the 1,198,371 pounds of nitrogen discharged into the Delaware River in 2021 did not violate Delaware City’s permit, the report outlines how outdated standards pose a problem. EIP’s director Eric Schaeffer said the EPA needs to strengthen refinery regulations.

“We’re living with standards that were set 40 years ago,” said Schaeffer. “We [now] have 21st-century wastewater treatment methods that could do a lot more to clean up those discharges.”

Schaeffer, who used to run EPA’s office of civil enforcement, said the current refinery standards for nitrogen discharges, as well as those for industrial salts, cyanide, arsenic, chromium, and selenium, are based on the technology available in the 1970s.

Nitrogen is one of the main reasons more than half the nation’s waterways do not meet current standards outlined by the Clean Water Act, according to Schaeffer.

“Nitrogen is very bad for waterways,” he said. “It’s a nutrient, which makes it sound like a good thing, but it supercharges algae blooms and causes them to grow and spread. It also feeds the growth of weeds and other plants that suck up oxygen that fish and aquatic life need to survive.”

The Clean Water Act, which was enacted 50 years ago, requires the EPA to set standards based on the best available technology. But Schaeffer said when it comes to refineries, and a number of other industrial polluters, that has not happened.

“And that’s really illegal,” he said. “[They] have a mandatory duty to turn those limits up and make them more stringent.”

States can also set higher standards than federal regulations. EPA says it’s reviewing the EIP’s report.

Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control did not return a request for comment.

The Delaware River Basin Commission also oversees water discharges into the Delaware Estuary and has set its own standards for selenium, nickel and total dissolved solids. The DRBC is currently looking at nutrient pollution as part of its Aquatic Life Designated Use project, but declined to comment on the report.

Brian Moran, chair of the Surfrider Foundation’s Delaware chapter said he wants state and federal officials to reject the refinery’s permit renewal. “Pollution in the river can have an impact downstream on our wetlands, bay, and ocean,” said Moran in a statement.

The report also found the Delaware City Refinery discharged into the Delaware River 145,847 pounds of aluminum, 39,831 pounds of suspended solids, and 7,499 pounds of oil and grease.

Delaware City Council approved, but not unanimously, a plan for an RV campground to be placed near the banks of the C&D Canal and Fort DuPont State Park.

Blue Water Development Group owns six campgrounds, including Cape Charles and Chincoteague on Delmarva, and 11 hotels, including the recently-completed Bethany Beach Ocean Suites and soon-to-be finished Aloft Rehoboth Beach.

Their proposed Fort DuPont Campground Resort would take over the Grass Dale Center west of Route 9, bordering both the C&D and Delaware City canals.

They plan 422 spaces, split between RV and cottage sites along with a bathhouse, playgrounds, and pools, and sports areas.

Not everyone is pleased with the plans however, including Delaware City resident Erica Lindsey, who started a campaign to try to shut down the campground plan.

"For the townsfolks in Delaware City, this is going to cause traffic nightmares, congestion nightmares. We're going to have transient visitors and tourists, and I don't mind tourism to a certain degree, but this is 422 RVs on fragile wetlands with loud music and pollutions in our town."

Lindsey said giving up wetlands would hurt the local ecosystem.

"There's deer over there; I've seen raccoons and possums, they're going to be pushed out of their habitat. We even had wild turkeys that were prevalent years and years ago and they all but disappeared, but it took a concerted effort to bring them back, and I see their tracks over at Grass Dale."

While she has short-term concerns about the property's use, Lindsey said she's also thinking long-term.

"This is not a state park, this is going to be a privately-owned campground/resort. Let's say it runs its course, whether it's successful or unsuccessful, it will be privately owned, so it can be privately sold, and then what happens? Do we get high-rise condos, strip-malls, just about anything can happen over there. There is protected land, it should remain protected land."

She said Delaware City residents didn't get enough chances for input until it was too late.

"We feel like we've been lied to; we feel like our rights have been violated, our opinions have been circumvented, and we are the ones who live here. We are the ones who have history here, who have to live with the decisions that are made."

When asked where she places the blame, she looks back to a law that created the Fort DuPont Redevelopment Corporation [FDRC] in 2014. It allowed Delaware City to annex the land, placing it under Delaware City's laws, which are less strict when it comes to wetlands protection, lacking a 100-foot buffer from wetlands that state law mandates.

"I place the blame on [former] Governor Jack Markell who signed this H.B. 310 in 2014 granting these lands and empowering this FDRC in the way that he did. That law was sponsored by [Sen.] Nicole Poore and [Rep.] Valerie Longhurst. They are trying to work with the community and try to put the protections back on the land, but you can't retroactively make those protections now applicable to things like this RV Park. Even if they try to fix what's broke, it won't fix the RV Park."

The RV park plan was approved by DelDOT, but DNREC voted against the plan during a board vote, and have not taken action, since.

Interim City Solicitor Bill Rhodunda told council members before a 3-1 vote with one abstaining vote, that they had no choice in the matter.

"Here we have a by-right situation. If it meets the code, you're obligated to approve the plan, that's the nature of the process."

Some terms were placed on the approval, including a March 15 to November 15 season for being open, and that RVs would not be permitted to stay on the property for more than 180 days, or being on the flood plain.

Lindsey said they're not ready to give up the fight over Blue Water's move and also a proposed Marina Village on the east side of Route 9 south of the Delaware City Canal near the Delaware River, which is independent of the Blue Water fight.

"That was a state park, not a Delaware City Park. Everyone in the state of Delaware should be up in arms about the disposal about the removal of one of their 17 state parks without their knowledge or consent."

"In my mind what needs to happen next is a class action law suit on behalf of of the citizens of Delaware versus the state of Delaware, DNREC, and FDRC, I think that's the only way to stop that, an injunction to stop Blue Water's development."

Blue Water had originally planned to have the RV campground ready for the 2020 season; it is unclear how quickly they would be able to get the site prepared upon final approval.

CORRECTION: DNREC reached out to WDEL and said they have have voted against the RV Park.

Condé Nast Traveler, a luxury travel and lifestyle magazine, included Wilmington on its list of the 23 best places to visit in the U.S. in 2023

It’s no secret that most of Delaware’s tourists flock to the beaches. Coastal towns like Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach and Fenwick Island see millions of visitors each year. According to a report by Southern Delaware Tourism, 2019 brought over 10 million people to Delaware’s coastal towns.

But there’s a new tourism hot spot emerging in Northern Delaware: Wilmington.

For born-and-raised Delawareans, this may come as a shock. The appeal to Wilmington as a tourist attraction might be difficult to see for those who have lived in and around the city from the time they were born. However, as the city’s recent naming as one of the best places to visit by Condé Nast Traveler illustrates, there are characteristics unique to Wilmington that make it increasingly appealing to outside visitors. One of those characteristics is the food.

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The restaurant community in Wilmington is widely made up of owner/operators. This means there are more chef-inspired restaurant concepts and unique eateries you won’t find anywhere else. The chefs at the helm of these dining operations view food as an art form, and sharing their passion for cuisine certainly sets them apart from the corporate chains found in every city.

“People tend to find common ground in food, especially now,” remarks Jennifer Hastings Boes, Executive Director at the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Wilmington is a wonderful destination to enjoy this common ground. From longstanding community staples like Harry’s Savoy Grill to newcomers like Bardea Steak, Le Cavalier and The Quoin, there’s no shortage of food to gather around and enjoy an evening out with friends or a relaxing dinner with family. Plus, with grand historic hotels like Hotel du Pont and trendy new boutique stays like The Quoin, convenience is key when it comes to Wilmington tourism.

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Along with Wilmington’s downtown scene filled with grand hotels and trendy restaurants, the Delaware city also offers the perks of a rural getaway. For those living in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore or New York City, Wilmington’s countryside along the Brandywine River (often affectionately referred to as Chateau Country) offers a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown living. Boes considers this mix of “urban setting and countryside” to be one of the major draws for outside visitors.

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The Brandywine Valley just outside of Wilmington’s downtown city limits is home to numerous grand estates. The famous du Pont family estates appeal to both locals and outside visitors. These large estates are symbols of a grand lifestyle and a different—perhaps simpler—time.

The Hagley Museum is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E.I. du Pont in 1802. Hagley is home to restored mills, scenic gardens and the ancestral home of the du Pont family.

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Winterthur is another sprawling du Pont estate where visitors enjoy a magnificent 175-room house that Henry Francis du Pont once called home. Where Hagley is a window into American industrialism, Winterthur tells the story of American decorative arts. In Winterthur’s magnificent gardens and 1,000 acres of protected meadows, it’s hard to believe you’re just a short 10-minute drive from the heart of downtown Wilmington.

For those planning a trip into Wilmington to experience the rural grandeur of Chateau Country, Boes notes a little-known fact: there are three covered bridges within a few minutes of Wilmington. This list includes the Ashland bridge, the oldest standing covered bridge in the state. This fun piece of trivia could make a great addition to the itinerary for lovers of history and the outdoors.

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Between the food, the sprawling du Pont estates and rich history, it’s no surprise that Wilmington was named one of the 23 best places to visit in 2023.

To learn more about Wilmington attractions or plan your visit, go to visitwilmingtonde.com.