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Lewes CCD, Sussex County, DE

41,561 Population
75.6 square miles 549.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 51.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$68,741 ±$3,509 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sussex County: $44,963 ±$855
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$98,268 ±$5,459 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sussex County: $78,162 ±$1,865
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

6.5% ±1.3% (2,692  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 11.5% 28,116 (±1% / ±2,340)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

23.4 minutes ±2.6 (308,290  ±22,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 27.2 2,512,830 (±0.6 / ±76,046)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

20,369 ±737 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 103,213 ±1,091
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2 ±0.1 (41,314  ±1,482) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 245,107 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

2.4% ±1.3% (116  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 4.8% † 2,051 (±0.9% / ±385)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

34,380 ±799 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 147,904 ±147
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$517,600 ±$20,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sussex County: $353,300 ±$7,520
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

10.9% ±1.5% (4,507  ±639.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.5% 25,890 (±0.9% / ±2,210.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

96% ±1.4% (34,378  ±1,301.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 89.6% 167,915 (±1.5% / ±2,845.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
50.9% ±1.8% (18,213  ±916.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 32.6% 61,002 (±0.9% / ±1,690.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.7% ±0.8% (2,382  ±346) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 20,845
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

10.5% ±1.1% (3,918  ±437) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.8% 17,798 (±0.5% / ±953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
3,918 Total veterans ±437 3,570 Male ±414 348 Female ±120

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