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Elsmere, DE

6,189 Population
1 square miles 6,273.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,972 ±$3,876 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$76,378 ±$17,435 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

18.8% ±8.3% (1,165  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

26.2 minutes ±2.6 (66,530  ±11,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

2,274 ±219 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.7 ±0.3 (6,179  ±20) 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

17.8% ±8.4% (258  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

2,396 ±246 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$210,200 ±$13,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

11.1% ±6.7% (669  ±402.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

82.6% ±8.5% (3,341  ±429.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
14.9% ±3.9% (603  ±163.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about two-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

9.3% ±4.8% (576  ±294) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

5% ±2.4% (219  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
219 Total veterans ±106 211 Male ±104 8 Female ±12

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