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Lower Christiana CCD, New Castle County, DE

36,270 Population
11.5 square miles 3,165.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.4 ±0.2

Economics

$38,441 ±$3,381 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $44,725 ±$768
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $42,180 ±$471
$68,324 ±$5,358 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $85,309 ±$2,377
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $79,325 ±$1,227

11.8% ±2.3% (4,276  ±838) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 10.5% 58,355 (±0.5% / ±2,849)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.1% 107,790 (±0.4% / ±3,568)

23.6 minutes ±0.9 (410,745  ±29,796) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New Castle County: 25.2 6,176,010 (±0.3 / ±118,191)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)

Families

14,596 ±651 Number of households
  • New Castle County: 220,437 ±941
  • Delaware: 389,000 ±1,574
2.5 ±0.2 (36,130  ±1,554) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 555,018 (±0 / ±121)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 970,840

5.9% ±1.9% (473  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Castle County: 4.3% † 5,844 (±0.5% / ±621)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.7% 10,237 (±0.4% / ±777)

Housing

15,430 ±601 Number of housing units
  • New Castle County: 233,746 ±133
  • Delaware: 451,556 ±235

$232,600 ±$3,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Castle County: $312,000 ±$3,949
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $305,200 ±$3,363

9.2% ±1.7% (3,299  ±,638.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 11.4% 64,733 (±0.6% / ±3,302.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 109,799 (±0.4% / ±4,021.6)

Social

87.6% ±3% (21,913  ±1,188.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Castle County: 92.5% 365,753 (±1.2% / ±4,841.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 91.2% 639,020 (±0.9% / ±6,392.1)
22.2% ±1.9% (5,547  ±,523.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 38.3% 151,345 (±0.8% / ±3,102.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 34.5% 241,357 (±0.6% / ±3,958.8)

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

11.9% ±2.3% (4,306  ±838) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle County: 11.8% 67,209
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 9.8% 97,223

7.4% ±1.6% (2,051  ±439) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 6.3% 28,398 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 8.1% 63,088 (±0.3% / ±1,959)
2,051 Total veterans ±439 1,844 Male ±425 207 Female ±105

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