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Delaware City, DE

1,976 Population
1.9 square miles 1,062 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$35,240 ±$4,706 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$78,333 ±$9,312 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

10% ±5% (193  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

28.3 minutes ±5.5 (22,470  ±8,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

694 ±112 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.8 ±0.4 (1,938  ±401) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

3.1% ±3.9% (11  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

734 ±113 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$245,500 ±$16,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

5.6% ±2.8% (109  ±59.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

92.7% ±26.2% (1,198  ±214.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
21.5% ±11% (278  ±154.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

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

1.2% ±1.7% (24  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

8.7% ±3% (130  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
130 Total veterans ±54 102 Male ±48 28 Female ±22

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