There are 7 Goodwill stores within about 15 miles of Newark. Thriftly scores each one by how well-off the surrounding neighborhoods are, since stores in higher-income areas tend to get the better drop-offs. The full ranking is below, best odds first.
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571 Hepburn Road, Avondale, PA
11.2 mi from downtown Newark · Comfortable surrounding area
334 Fox Hunt Drive, Bear, DE
5.5 mi from downtown Newark · Mixed-income catchment
311 Newark Shopping Center, Newark, DE
0.9 mi from downtown Newark · Mixed-income catchment
4317 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE
6.7 mi from downtown Newark · Modest surrounding area
401 South Street, New Castle, DE
10.2 mi from downtown Newark · Modest surrounding area
208 South Bridge Street, Elkton, MD
6.4 mi from downtown Newark · Modest surrounding area
Right now the Avondale location has the highest Goods Score (53 out of 100). The score reflects how affluent the surrounding neighborhoods are, which is a strong proxy for donation quality, and it refreshes as Census and store data update.
Each store gets a 0 to 100 Goods Score built from four U.S. Census measures of the area within about three miles: median home value, household income, share of college graduates, and median rent. Stores with wealthier surrounding neighborhoods score higher.
Thriftly tracks 7 Goodwill stores within 15 miles of Newark, using OpenStreetMap data. A store won't show up if it isn't tagged in OpenStreetMap, so coverage can be incomplete.