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Townsend, DE

2,792 Population
1.1 square miles 2,633.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,805 ±$5,457 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$153,083 ±$35,130 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • nearly double the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

1.9% ±1.3% (54  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

33.3 minutes ±8.4 (39,140  ±4,711) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

773 ±155 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
3.6 ±0.7 (2,789  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

3.6% ±2.7% (29  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

797 ±153 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$433,400 ±$20,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

8.4% ±5.2% (234  ±145.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

97.7% ±13.7% (1,750  ±296.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
42.7% ±12.3% (764  ±231.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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% ±3.8% (260  ±105) 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

12% ±7.1% (234  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
234 Total veterans ±140 89 Male ±35 145 Female ±142

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