Rodney VillageDE
Some 1,331 people live in this town, in Delaware.
Is Rodney Village a good place to live?
Rodney Village’s best subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for health. Only 2 of Delaware’s 54 towns score lower on health. 54% of the land in Rodney Village is conserved, against 15% in Delaware’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Kesselring Park, at 47 acres. Rodney Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rodney Village stand out
Where Rodney Village beats most towns.
1,331 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Rodney Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Delaware), ordered by how far Rodney Village is from typical.
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Moving to Rodney Village: who provides what
Rodney Village is unincorporated, so Kent County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rodney Village.
nearly a third of the land in Rodney Village is protected from building
Rodney Village has 2 parks and preserves, 65 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kesselring Park | — | 47 |
| 2. Brecknock Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More of Rodney Village’s adults have obesity than in the typical Delaware or U.S. town
The share of adults in Rodney Village who get no exercise outside work: 36%. Among 38 Delaware towns, just 2 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Rodney Village. The town does better than the Delaware average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20. No town among the 38 in Delaware we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Rodney Village.
| Rodney Village | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 27% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Rodney Village | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.8% | 9.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.5% | 14.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.9% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rodney Village’s typical home value is about $257K
Home values are up 2.4% over the year to September 2026. Among households in Rodney Village, 49% own their home. In Rodney Village, the going rate for rent is $1,338 a month.
| Rodney Village | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 49% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,338 a month | $1,438 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Rodney Village stands out in Delaware and nationally, with the median household income lower than most
The top destinations are Dover (26%), Milford (6%) and Camden (4%). For residents in Rodney Village, the share who live below the poverty line is 16%. Also worth knowing: only 2 of the 38 Delaware towns we compare have a lower mean commuting time than Rodney Village. Employers in Rodney Village added 28 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 265.
| Rodney Village | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $44,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Rodney Village, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 26°; snowfall runs to about 13 inches a winter. Summers in Rodney Village are warm, and winters chilly.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rodney Village has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Rodney Village, 48% come from inland flooding and 22% from cold waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Rodney Village
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rodney Village
About 8 of every 100 Rodney Village residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Delaware.
99% of working residents leave Rodney Village for work
Where Rodney Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rodney Village
Census-designated place in Delaware, United States
Rodney Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Rodney Village had a population of 1,489.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 39 ft
- Area code
- 302
Questions about Rodney Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rodney Village, DE a good place to live?
Some 1,331 people live in this town, in Delaware.
Is Rodney Village, DE expensive?
That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($74,477 across the Dover, DE metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.