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Census Tract 16, New Castle, DE

2,372 Population
0.1 square miles 18,252.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilmington: 37 ±1.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$20,959 ±$4,512 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Wilmington: $40,332 ±$1,740
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$38,235 ±$12,809 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wilmington: $58,671 ±$3,302
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765

36.7% ±13.8% (866  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilmington: 21.4% † 14,863 (±2.4% / ±1,678)
  • more than double the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)

22.7 minutes ±3.4 (20,755  ±8,263) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wilmington: 23.5 686,905 (±1 / ±42,089)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)

Families

976 ±126 Number of households
  • Wilmington: 31,655 ±936
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
2.3 ±0.3 (2,222  ±411) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilmington: 2.2 69,252 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)

4.5% ±3.9% (35  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilmington: 4.9% † 894 (±1.4% / ±262)
  • a little less than the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

1,165 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Wilmington: 35,514 ±811
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$233,200 ±$63,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wilmington: $231,400 ±$9,451
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

14.5% ±5.7% (334  ±145.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wilmington: 14.7% † 10,408 (±1.6% / ±1,152.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

76.7% ±9.6% (1,355  ±288.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilmington: 88.1% 44,496 (±3.3% / ±1,890.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
19.4% ±8% (343  ±153.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilmington: 33.1% 16,728 (±2.2% / ±1,179.8)
  • about half the rate in New Castle County: 39.7% 159,873 (±0.8% / ±3,227.9)

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

2% ±1.8% (48  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wilmington: 9.6% † 6,852 (±1.5% / ±1,095)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

9.8% ±3.6% (185  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Wilmington: 4.7% † 2,673 (±1% / ±555)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
185 Total veterans ±75 180 Male ±73 5 Female ±8

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