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19977

27,164 Population
83.1 square miles 326.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,915 ±$2,010 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $34,640 ±$812
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$78,803 ±$9,725 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $72,872 ±$1,932
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

7.1% ±2.6% (1,775  ±652) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.3% 20,323 (±1% / ±1,797)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

33.3 minutes ±3.5 (357,970  ±48,882) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27 2,111,380 (±1 / ±87,809)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

9,258 ±565 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 70,053 ±600
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.7 ±0.2 (25,049  ±1,356) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 180,708 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

4.7% ±2.7% (295  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,383 (±1% / ±438)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

9,899 ±566 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 74,997 ±89
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$311,800 ±$16,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $290,600 ±$5,081
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

14.5% ±3.6% (3,915  ±985.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.8% 21,596 (±1.2% / ±2,104.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

92% ±4.1% (17,548  ±1,182.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 90.2% 112,367 (±2.1% / ±2,634.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
23% ±3.2% (4,383  ±641.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.7% 33,311 (±1.2% / ±1,479.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

6.8% ±1.9% (1,844  ±510) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.2% 13,303
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

7.8% ±1.6% (1,632  ±350) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 11.6% 16,310 (±0.8% / ±1,121)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
1,632 Total veterans ±350 1,488 Male ±317 144 Female ±109

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