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Census Tract 160, New Castle, DE

2,794 Population
0.8 square miles 3,714.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,131 ±$8,002 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$72,083 ±$16,137 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

18.3% ±17.3% (510  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

27.4 minutes ±1.7 (24,160  ±6,401) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

947 ±111 Number of households
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
3 ±0.6 (2,794  ±613) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

13.3% ±10.6% (65  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

1,002 ±97 Number of housing units
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$272,600 ±$11,352 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

3.6% ±3% (100  ±85.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

91.4% ±22.2% (1,610  ±266.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
11.8% ±5.1% (207  ±96.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in New Castle County: 39.7% 159,873 (±0.8% / ±3,227.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

5.3% ±3.7% (148  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

13.1% ±4.7% (248  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
248 Total veterans ±98 238 Male ±93 10 Female ±17

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