Felton is a very small town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 1,375 people and three associated neighborhoods, Felton is the 28th largest community in Delaware. Much of the housing stock in Felton was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Felton economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Felton, where the median household income is $59,896.00.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, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Felton who work in management occupations (13.99%), teaching (11.34%), and sales jobs (8.98%). A relatively large number of people in Felton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.10% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Felton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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: 28.31% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Felton in 2022 was $40,134, 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 $160,536 for a family of four. However, Felton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Felton is an extremely 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 German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Felton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
