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Census Tract 149.03, New Castle, DE

7,600 Population
1.3 square miles 5,764.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bear: 37.9 ±2.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$36,516 ±$3,831 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bear: $41,884 ±$3,219
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$84,112 ±$9,299 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bear: $91,687 ±$6,365
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765

11.4% ±5.2% (866  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bear: 8.7% † 1,949 (±3% / ±690)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)

20.7 minutes ±1.8 (67,875  ±14,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bear: 24.1 † 242,640 (±4.6 / ±32,352)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)

Families

2,821 ±420 Number of households
  • Bear: 8,746 ±630
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
2.7 ±0.5 (7,599  ±796) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bear: 2.6 22,366 (±0.1 / ±1,697)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)

9.9% ±5.5% (198  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Bear: 5.3% † 286 (±2.4% / ±136)
  • about double the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

2,842 ±418 Number of housing units
  • Bear: 9,094 ±625
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$342,200 ±$73,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bear: $304,800 † ±$31,823
  • a little less than the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

10% ±5.2% (754  ±399.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bear: 7.9% † 1,751 (±2.7% / ±612.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

86.4% ±10% (4,239  ±702.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bear: 88.3% 13,858 (±3.9% / ±1,224.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
29.3% ±7.2% (1,436  ±393.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bear: 32.5% † 5,108 (±3.8% / ±718.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

28.1% ±9.3% (2,132  ±741) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bear: 22.9% † 5,126 (±4.2% / ±1,021)
  • more than double the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

7.6% ±3.5% (407  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bear: 6.3% † 1,071 (±1.5% / ±268)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
407 Total veterans ±192 341 Male ±193 66 Female ±68

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