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Upper Christiana CCD, New Castle County, DE

27,365 Population
12 square miles 2,283.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$44,685 ±$2,963 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New Castle County: $46,990 ±$759
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$88,947 ±$9,193 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New Castle County: $89,901 ±$1,993
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

6.5% ±1.7% (1,760  ±466) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Castle County: 10.2% 56,807 (±0.5% / ±2,978)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

23.6 minutes ±1 (306,995  ±36,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 25.4 6,154,115 (±0.3 / ±111,365)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

10,907 ±766 Number of households
  • New Castle County: 222,943 ±945
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.5 ±0.2 (27,154  ±1,845) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 556,999 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

4% ±1.9% (275  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,518 (±0.5% / ±737)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

11,222 ±725 Number of housing units
  • New Castle County: 235,057 ±118
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$287,200 ±$13,579 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $329,800 ±$3,543
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

11.4% ±3% (3,084  ±825.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle County: 11.4% 64,600 (±0.6% / ±3,404.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

90.5% ±2.6% (17,892  ±1,235.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 369,016 (±1.2% / ±4,774)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
37% ±2.4% (7,316  ±663.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Castle County: 39.2% 156,313 (±0.7% / ±2,859.6)
  • a little 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

20.5% ±2.9% (5,595  ±883) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 12.3% 70,546
  • about double the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

4.9% ±1.1% (1,088  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 6.1% 27,474 (±0.3% / ±1,286)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
1,088 Total veterans ±256 976 Male ±238 112 Female ±81

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