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Cape Henlopen School District, DE

70,247 Population
161.7 square miles 434.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 52.6 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Delaware: 42 ±0.3

Economics

$57,100 ±$4,454 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $44,645 ±$2,260
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware: $44,350 ±$1,187
$82,116 ±$6,910 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sussex County: $78,061 ±$4,191
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $81,361 ±$1,668

4.7% ±1.2% (3,285  ±849) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 9.8% † 25,468 (±1.9% / ±4,825)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.5% 106,027 (±1% / ±10,289)

24.8 minutes ±0.2 (534,800  ±37,509) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 27.2 2,512,830 (±0.6 / ±76,046)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

33,860 ±2,268 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 111,492 ±2,902
  • Delaware: 412,048 ±3,896
2.1 ±0.1 (69,977  ±5,104) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 2.3 260,660 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 1,008,153

3.8% ±2.7% (322  ±239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 3.3% † 1,427 (±1.3% / ±551)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 5.4% † 12,165 (±1.2% / ±2,608)

Housing

50,734 ±2,038 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 156,301 ±50
  • Delaware: 471,472 ±147

$539,400 ±$31,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sussex County: $397,100 ±$12,260
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $359,700 ±$5,589

8.2% ±1.9% (5,719  ±1,371.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 9.1% † 23,906 (±1.5% / ±3,824.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 114,277 (±0.9% / ±9,361.9)

Social

95.8% ±8.6% (56,358  ±3,495.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 89.8% 178,594 (±3.2% / ±6,409.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 668,410 (±1.9% / ±13,796.9)
48% ±2.1% (28,240  ±2,210) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sussex County: 33.8% 67,177 (±1.9% / ±3,743.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 36.5% 266,702 (±1.2% / ±8,549.2)

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

9.2% ±3.1% (6,484  ±2,239) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Sussex County: 9.3% 24,590
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 115,129

8.8% ±1.6% (5,444  ±1,074) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sussex County: 8.6% † 18,626 (±0.9% / ±1,893)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.5% 61,454 (±0.5% / ±4,118)
5,444 Total veterans ±1,074 5,212 Male ±1,048 232 Female ±184

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