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Lake Forest School District, DE

27,402 Population
161 square miles 170.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,878 ±$2,138 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kent County: $36,191 ±$762
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,758 ±$7,059 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kent County: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±2% (2,296  ±571) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 10.6% 19,447 (±1% / ±1,744)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±3.7 (332,285  ±30,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,074 ±751 Number of households
  • Kent County: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (27,387  ±1,445) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 2.6 183,216 (±0 / ±66)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±3.2% (348  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,809 ±756 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$296,500 ±$18,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Kent County: $316,600 ±$6,188
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2% (2,724  ±570.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±3.1% (17,715  ±1,186.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 91% 115,066 (±2.3% / ±2,856)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±2.9% (5,085  ±636) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.6% ±1% (719  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Kent County: 7.4% 13,883
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±1.7% (2,385  ±385) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,385 Total veterans ±385 2,108 Male ±374 277 Female ±123

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