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Census Tract 149.03, New Castle, DE

7,556 Population
1.3 square miles 5,730.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bear: 39.4 ±2.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,041 ±$4,526 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bear: $40,782 ±$3,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Castle County: $46,990 ±$759
$79,844 ±$13,848 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bear: $88,985 ±$6,144
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $89,901 ±$1,993

15.5% ±8.3% (1,170  ±644) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bear: 9.7% † 2,198 (±3.5% / ±800)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 10.2% 56,807 (±0.5% / ±2,978)

21.4 minutes ±8 (73,415  ±19,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bear: 24.4 † 264,660 (±4.3 / ±31,413)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 25.4 6,154,115 (±0.3 / ±111,365)

Families

2,930 ±395 Number of households
  • Bear: 8,886 ±576
  • New Castle County: 222,943 ±945
2.6 ±0.5 (7,554  ±971) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bear: 2.5 22,600 (±0.1 / ±1,707)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 556,999 (±0 / ±109)

5.7% ±5.1% (113  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Bear: 2.7% † 142 (±2.2% / ±120)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,518 (±0.5% / ±737)

Housing

2,962 ±391 Number of housing units
  • Bear: 9,341 ±572
  • New Castle County: 235,057 ±118

$333,100 ±$50,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bear: $280,200 † ±$29,182
  • about the same as the amount in New Castle County: $329,800 ±$3,543

10% ±5.7% (752  ±441.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bear: 8.2% † 1,855 (±2.9% / ±659.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 11.4% 64,600 (±0.6% / ±3,404.5)

Social

80.5% ±10.3% (3,998  ±715.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bear: 85.8% 13,774 (±5.5% / ±1,263.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 369,016 (±1.2% / ±4,774)
25.4% ±7.2% (1,262  ±390.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bear: 30.7% † 4,929 (±4.2% / ±748.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Castle County: 39.2% 156,313 (±0.7% / ±2,859.6)

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

32.9% ±10.1% (2,488  ±825) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bear: 22.5% † 5,088 (±4.8% / ±1,142)
  • more than double the rate in New Castle County: 12.3% 70,546

7.4% ±3.4% (413  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bear: 6.6% † 1,162 (±2% / ±355)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 6.1% 27,474 (±0.3% / ±1,286)
413 Total veterans ±199 357 Male ±194 56 Female ±68

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