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Census Tract 21, New Castle, DE

1,549 Population
0.1 square miles 13,405.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wilmington: 37 ±1.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$30,350 ±$4,930 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilmington: $40,332 ±$1,740
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$37,284 ±$15,155 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

27% ±9.1% (418  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)

17.5 minutes ±10 (12,560  ±4,824) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wilmington: 23.5 686,905 (±1 / ±42,089)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)

Families

914 ±208 Number of households
  • Wilmington: 31,655 ±936
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
1.7 ±0.2 (1,546  ±401) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wilmington: 2.2 69,252 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)

7.3% ±12% (19  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilmington: 4.9% † 894 (±1.4% / ±262)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

1,016 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Wilmington: 35,514 ±811
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$194,700 ±$56,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilmington: $231,400 ±$9,451
  • about half the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

15.9% ±10.6% (243  ±173.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilmington: 14.7% † 10,408 (±1.6% / ±1,152.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

78.2% ±12.1% (899  ±237.4) 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)
25.6% ±10.2% (294  ±133.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilmington: 33.1% 16,728 (±2.2% / ±1,179.8)
  • about two-thirds of 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

9.4% ±5.6% (145  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Wilmington: 9.6% † 6,852 (±1.5% / ±1,095)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

6.5% ±5.4% (85  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wilmington: 4.7% † 2,673 (±1% / ±555)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
85 Total veterans ±73 85 Male ±73 N/A Female ±13

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