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Seaford, DE

8,255 Population
5.1 square miles 1,617.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 51.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,851 ±$3,802 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $44,963 ±$855
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$51,120 ±$8,001 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $78,162 ±$1,865
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

18.2% ±5.8% (1,442  ±460) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 11.5% 28,116 (±1% / ±2,340)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

27.7 minutes ±4 (86,655  ±16,943) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 27.2 2,512,830 (±0.6 / ±76,046)
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

3,437 ±249 Number of households
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 103,213 ±1,091
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.3 ±0.2 (7,970  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 2.4 245,107 (±0 / ±77)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

6% ±4.7% (119  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,051 (±0.9% / ±385)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

3,802 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 147,904 ±147
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$223,700 ±$25,313 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $353,300 ±$7,520
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

13.7% ±6.3% (1,111  ±511.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.5% 25,890 (±0.9% / ±2,210.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

80.1% ±10.2% (4,398  ±616.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 89.6% 167,915 (±1.5% / ±2,845.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
17.5% ±4.6% (963  ±260.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 32.6% 61,002 (±0.9% / ±1,690.4)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

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

13.5% ±5.2% (1,114  ±431) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.4% 20,845
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

8.6% ±4.8% (537  ±305) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.8% 17,798 (±0.5% / ±953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
537 Total veterans ±305 469 Male ±301 68 Female ±73

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