Townsend is #1 in Delaware for graduation rate
Townsend is ranked on 32 lists against the 36 Delaware towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 9 and the top quarter on 9.
Townsend is on Delaware’s podium 3 times
Each list ranks every DE town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Townsend marked.
More snow than 100% of Delaware
Not better or worse, just Townsend’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for college degrees
Lists where Townsend sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Townsend lands in the top half on 16 of 19 lists
Each dot is Townsend’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in DE, the right end is last. Areas where Townsend does best come first.
Every DE list, and where Townsend lands
34 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Safety
Safest#1 Townsend · 6.6
#1 Health
N Healthiest#1 North Star · 97 / 100 #6
Lowest obesity#1 Hockessin · 26%
#13
Fewest smokers#1 Greenville · 7%
#7
N
Most active#1 North Star · 18%
#5
N
Fewest uninsured#1 North Star · 4%
#8
Lowest depression#1 Lewes · 18%
#17
Closest to a top hospital#1 Brookside · 2.5 mi
#18 
People
Most educated#1 Greenville · 79.3%
#11
Youngest#1 Newark · 22.1
#13
Oldest#1 Lewes · 67.2
#25
Most residents 65+#1 Lewes · 59.3%
#35
Most kids#1 Dover Base Housing · 36%
#6 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pike Creek · 34.7%
#16
Most trails#1 Dover Base Housing · 5.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Elsmere · 145 / sq mi
#17 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Harrington · 2.6 yrs
#30
Cheapest rent#1 Lewes · $381/mo
#7
Lowest property tax#1 Harrington · $1,088/yr
#32 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Dover Base Housing · 11.7 min
#36 Climate
Snowiest#1 Wilmington · 20 in
#1
Least snow#1 Laurel · 8.0 in
#22
Mildest winters#1 Ocean View · 29.5°
#24
Hottest summers#1 Seaford · 88.7°
#25
Coolest summers#1 Ocean View · 86.1°
#16
Longest growing season#1 Lewes · 231 days
#16
N
Wettest#1 North Star · 48 in
#31 The number on the right is Townsend’s spot. All of Delaware’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every DE list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.