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Frederica

A town of 1,062 people in Delaware
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Mordington, Canterbury-Milford Road, Frederica vicinity (Kent County, Delaware)1960
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Mordington, Canterbury-Milford Road, Frederica vicinity (Kent County, Delaware), 1960

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About Frederica

Town in Delaware, United States
1,073Population
1.9 sq miArea
16 ftElevation

Frederica is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 1,073 in 2020. ILC Dover, the company which manufactured the spacesuits for the Apollo and Skylab astronauts of the 1960s and 1970s, along with fabricating the suit component of the Space Shuttle's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), is located nearby.

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ZIP code19946
Area code302
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Housing in Frederica

$378K▲ 2.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Frederica home is worth about $378,000, up 2.6% in a year, 7% below the Delaware typical home.

Only 4 sales in May 2026, too few for a market read. The typical value is the steadier guide.

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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Frederica's police department reported only 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000
Frederica 0
Delaware 3.5
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Frederica 0
Delaware 15.8
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Frederica’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Delaware’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

DistrictLake Forest School DistrictSchools1

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