Delaware City, Delaware

Delaware City, Delaware, in New Castle county, is 11 miles S of Wilmington, Delaware (center to center) and 34 miles SW of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The city is considered part of the Wilmington - Newark metropolitan area. Delaware City has a population of 1,453.

The People and Families of Delaware City

In Delaware City, about 48% of adults are married.

Interestingly, Delaware City is known for having more men than similar cities.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Delaware City had a median family income of $50,294.

Crime and Safety

The streets of Delaware City are considered safe by both national and state standards.

Delaware City Housing

About 78% of housing units in Delaware City are owner-occupied. People in the city pay more in property taxes per residence than in most communities in the state.

Commuting

In Delaware City, 92% of commuters drive to work. Commuters in Delaware City are more likely, and able, to walk or bicycle to work than most.

High Points

Delaware City strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Delaware):

CategoryTrophy
Low Property Crime
(vs. State)
Top 7%Delaware City Low Property Crime
Low Violent Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 11%Delaware City Low Violent Crime
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 12%Delaware City Public Transportation Use
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 14%Delaware City Well-Paid Single Men
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 15%Delaware City Walking and Biking to Work


The listings in Delaware City, Delaware and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(2) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(4) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(10) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(9) American Sign Language
(5) Spanish Speaking
(2) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(4) Females
(4) Males
(5) Clients With Legal Issues
(3) Mental Health Services
(6) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(2) Hospital Inpatient
(6) Teens and Adolescents
(4) Methadone Maintenance
(4) Methadone Detoxification
(14) Outpatient
(2) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(5) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(3) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(1) Halfway House
(2) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(1) Gay and Lesbian
(1) Seniors/Older Adults
(1) General Health Services



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Do you live in Delaware City, Delaware and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Is someone you know or care about battling drug or alcohol addiction and needs help? Drug and alcohol addiction exists everywhere in society today, and when an individual is caught up in addiction it can seem that there is no way out. There is in fact a way out, and it can be found at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Delaware City.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Delaware City treats drug addiction and alcoholism by teaching the individual how to overcome problems in life with real solutions, and that drugs and alcohol are not the answer. This can empower the individual, and put them in a position to start winning and achieving their goals. The end result of treatment at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Delaware City would be the individual being able to work their way through life and its obstacles, without the need or desire to use drugs or alcohol.

Due to the varying needs of individuals seeking treatment, there are a number of treatment programs available in Delaware City to care for someone addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. There are Short-term Addiction Treatment Centers, Inpatient Addiction Recovery Programs, Long-term Addiction Recovery, Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehabs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Treatment at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility in Delaware City will hone in on the two main causes of addiction, physical and psychological. Over time, the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance, lessening the effect of the drug. Physical tolerance develops as a result. The person ends up having to take more and more drugs or alcohol to try and get back to that first initial high that got them hooked.

Upon commencing treatment, an individual will address the physical aspect of addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Delaware City, Delaware, which will get him through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abrupt cessation of a substance. Withdrawal symptoms can typically last for days, weeks or months depending on the type of substance you're dealing with. Heroin withdrawal for example may take quite some time to get through, and is particularly painful. Detoxification along with psychological counseling will get the individual in the right frame of mind to start addressing the psychological issues that are involved with the addiction to drugs or alcohol. This method greatly increases the individual's chances of a successful recovery and prevents relapse.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Delaware City, DE. offers a sane environment that is conducive to a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be taught how to properly handle life situations and control their own behavior in response to their environment. When the individual returns home following treatment, he will do so with a new mindset on how to engage with friends, family etc. The influences which may have triggered addiction in the individual will not have the same power over him. As part of treatment the individual will have addressed these psychological stressors as a priority and they will no longer have an effect on him.

Studies have shown that an individual who is addicted to drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain, specifically the way it functions and responds to situations. This is an important reason that professional help at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Delaware City, DE. is the best option to try and beat addiction.

Someone who is caught up in the destructive cycle of addiction is up against a lot, the odds may seem against him. But they aren't if he pursues treatment at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Delaware City, DE. Treatment exists so that the addict is given the best chance at a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. There is hope for you or someone you care about. Addiction has a cure, and treatment at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center in Delaware City is that cure. Don't wait another minute to get the help you deserve.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Delaware City, Delaware Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are 2 local Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers in Delaware City, Delaware. We have also provided 18 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Centers that are closest geographically to Delaware City:

Connections CSP Inc Delaware City, DE
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Cornerstone Alcohol and Drug Delaware City, DE
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare
Focus Healthcare at Meadow Wood New Castle, DE 3.7 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
ARS New Castle LLC New Castle, DE 5.1 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Meadow Wood Behavioral Health System New Castle, DE 5.1 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Brandywine Counseling Inc Newark, DE 6.8 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Aquila of Delaware Substance Abuse Middletown, DE 7.7 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Advanced Treatment Systems (ATS) Claymont, DE 8.5 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Open Door Inc Claymont, DE 8.5 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Churches Take a Corner Inc Wilmington, DE 10.1 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Hogar CREA International Inc of DE Wilmington, DE 10.1 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Brandywine Counseling Newark, DE 10.1 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
SODAT Delaware Inc Wilmington, DE 10.8 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Catholic Charities Behavioral Health Wilmington, DE 11.8 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Crossroads of Delaware Inc Wilmington, DE 11.8 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Latin American Community Center Wilmington, DE 11.8 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Wilmington Veterans Affairs Med Center Wilmington, DE 11.8 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: General Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Aquila of Delaware Wilmington, DE 12.0 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
North East Treatment Centers Wilmington, DE 12.0 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Pace Inc Wilmington, DE 12.0 miles from Delaware City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Because amphetamines suppress appetite, chronic heavy users generally fail to eat properly and thus develop various illnesses related to vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition.

Among adults aged 26 or older, 5.8 percent reported current illegal drug use in 2005. In this age group, 4.1 percent used marijuana, and 1.9 percent used prescription-type drugs. Moreover, fewer than 1 percent used cocaine (0.8 percent), hallucinogens (0.2 percent), and inhalants (0.1 percent). Rates of lifetime, past year, and past month illegal drug use among adults aged 26 or older were unchanged between 2004 and 2005.

Chronic heroin users may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, and liver disease. Additionally, pulmonary complications, including various types of pneumonia, may also result in a heroin user.

Past month illegal drug use also was associated with the level of past month alcohol use. Among teens aged 12 to 17 in 2006 who were heavy drinkers (i.e., drank five or more drinks on the same occasion [i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other] on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days), 57.6 percent also were current illegal drug users, which was higher than among nondrinkers (4.8 percent).

Among 12 to 17 year olds who had past year MDE in 2008, 37.4 percent had used illegal drugs during the same period, which was higher than the rate of 17.2 percent among teens who did not have past year MDE. This pattern was similar for most specific types of illegal drug use, including the use of marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogens, or inhalants and the nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutics.

During the early part of 2011, Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske spoke out publicly against bath salts and recently several senators in congress addressed the possibility of banning the products.


The following survey was completed by residents of Delaware City, Delaware as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Delaware City, Delaware. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Delaware City, Delaware.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
97%
0%
3%
Marijuana use in Delaware City, Delaware.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
94%
6%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
81%
19%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
89%
11%
Perception of Alcohol in Delaware City, Delaware.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
10%
84%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
94%
6%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
79%
18%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
4%
17%
55%
24%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Delaware City, Delaware?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
11%
10%
2%
7%
2%
0%
51%
8%
1%
8%
Most common first drug experience in Delaware City, Delaware?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
4%
2%
8%
2%
2%
12%
3%
12%
5%
23%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Delaware City, Delaware schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Delaware City, Delaware under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
96%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Delaware City, Delaware under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
14%
81%
5%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Delaware City, Delaware?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
3%
2%
5%
2%
2%
11%
2%
6%
7%
32%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
21%
50%
28%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
31%
69%
Surveys updated monthly.

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