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Census Tract 159, New Castle, DE

3,573 Population
0.7 square miles 4,824.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Castle: 48.5 † ±5.9
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$31,569 ±$4,463 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Castle: $52,341 † ±$5,225
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$79,936 ±$18,513 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle: $89,205 † ±$11,376
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765

9.7% ±6% (347  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New Castle: 4.7% † 260 (±2.3% / ±126)
  • a little less than the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)

24.9 minutes ±1.7 (32,460  ±8,118) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Castle: 23.2 † 55,990 (±5.2 / ±8,422)
  • about the same as the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)

Families

1,278 ±185 Number of households
  • New Castle: 2,774 ±203
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
2.8 ±0.1 (3,570  ±531) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Castle: 2 5,576 (±0.2 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)

9.6% ±6.2% (84  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in New Castle: 5% † 55 (±4.2% / ±48)
  • about double the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

1,309 ±192 Number of housing units
  • New Castle: 2,877 ±206
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$224,100 ±$7,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Castle: $285,100 ±$24,757
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

7.1% ±6.8% (250  ±245.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle: 11.3% † 625 (±5.4% / ±298.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

92% ±7.8% (2,296  ±427.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle: 93.9% † 4,232 (±11.3% / ±538.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
15.3% ±5.6% (383  ±153.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in New Castle: 33.8% † 1,522 (±6.4% / ±296.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

16.3% ±4.3% (582  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Castle: 10% † 557 (±4.5% / ±249)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

10.5% ±3.6% (286  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in New Castle: 5.6% † 260 (±2.4% / ±112)
  • nearly double the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
286 Total veterans ±108 227 Male ±90 59 Female ±49

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