Glasgow is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

New Castle County New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

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, United States. The population was 14,303 at the 2010 census.

History

La Grange and the James Stewart House are listed on the

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Geography

Glasgow is located at (39.6048338, -75.7452119). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 12,840 people, 4,517 households, and 3,478 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,629 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.98%

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, 17.02%

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, 0.22% Native American, 2.33%

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, 0.02%

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, 1.06% from

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, and 1.37% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.01% of the population. There were 4,517 households, out of which 44.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were

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living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.22. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 37.9% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $61,707, and the median income for a family was $67,252. Males had a median income of $42,788 versus $33,183 for females. The

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for the CDP was $24,795. About 2.5% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the

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, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

Most of Glasgow is part of the

Christina School District The Christina School District is a Delaware public school district located primarily in the Newark area and a non-contiguous portion of Wilmington. The district office is located in the Drew Educational Support Center in Wilmington, with Dan Sh ...

while a small portion is in the

Appoquinimink School District The Appoquinimink School District is a public school district in southern New Castle County, Delaware. The district office is located in the Odessa Park Building, 313 South Fifth Street, in Odessa, Delaware, with Matthew Burrows as the current sup ...

. The Christina district section is divided between Brader, Keene, and West Park elementary schools. The Christina district section is zoned to Gauger/Cobbs Middle School, and Glasgow High School.

Hodgson Vo-Tech High School Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School is a public high school in Glasgow, Delaware and is one of four vocational-technical school high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. Brief History The scho ...

of the

New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District (NCCVTSD or NCC Vo-Tech) is a public vocational-technical school district serving New Castle County, Delaware. Its headquarters are located at Delcastle Technical High School, in an unincorpo ...

is in Glasgow.

References

External links

Glasgow Pines Web Site
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