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Census Tract 138, New Castle, DE

6,075 Population
6.5 square miles 934.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$42,085 ±$6,356 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$76,474 ±$17,486 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

5.7% ±4.3% (339  ±263) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

25.8 minutes ±1.7 (55,100  ±17,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

2,655 ±408 Number of households
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.2 ±0.5 (5,946  ±887) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

7.6% ±4.8% (108  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

2,724 ±380 Number of housing units
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$263,400 ±$41,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

16.7% ±6.2% (994  ±399.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

86.3% ±6.5% (4,102  ±637.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
38.4% ±6.4% (1,824  ±392.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Castle County: 39.7% 159,873 (±0.8% / ±3,227.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

28.6% ±7.4% (1,735  ±517) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

6.5% ±3.1% (322  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
322 Total veterans ±158 322 Male ±158 N/A Female ±18

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