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Bowers ZIP codes, Delaware

No ZIP code is named for Bowers, DE; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 19946. Its area code is 302.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
270
Area code
302

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Bowers itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Frederica (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Bowers in numbers

About 270 people live in Bowers, in 116 households. The median household income is $67,500 a year, 21% below the Delaware median of $84,954 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $304,200 (14% below the Delaware median), and median gross rent is $850 a month. The median age is 63.6; 43.9% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (35.8% across Delaware); the average commute takes 32 minutes.

Population270Bowers270
Households116Bowers116
Median age63.6Bowers63.6Delaware41.6US 38.9
Median household income$67,500Bowers$67,500Delaware$84,954US $80,734
Median home value$304,200Bowers$304,200Delaware$352,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$850Bowers$850Delaware$1,401US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.9%Bowers43.9%Delaware35.8%US 35.7%
Mean commute31.6 minBowers31.6 minDelaware26.0 minUS 26.4 min
Population density868 / sq miBowers868 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Bowers town. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Bowers

These ZIP codes cover part of Bowers but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Bowers
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
19946 Frederica , DE Standard 5,603 $80,459 $302,800

Map of Bowers ZIP codes

19946

The ZIP codes of Bowers, DE, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Bowers

The nearest larger towns are Magnolia (274 people, 4.0 mi), Frederica (1,062 people, 5.1 mi) and Dover Base Housing (2,962 people, 5.7 mi).

Towns near Bowers
TownPopulationDistance
Dover Base Housing 2,962 5.7 mi
Rising Sun-Lebanon 4,163 6.1 mi
Riverview 2,596 6.6 mi
Highland Acres 3,752 7.2 mi
Camden 4,106 8.6 mi
Dover 39,837 9.3 mi
Milford 12,803 10.6 mi
Harrington 3,838 13.2 mi
Clayton 4,222 19.1 mi
Smyrna 13,165 19.5 mi
Milton 3,567 20.5 mi
Greensboro, MD 2,634 22.5 mi
Lewes 3,505 24.0 mi
North Cape May, NJ 3,731 24.9 mi

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