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Census Tract 161, New Castle, DE

1,924 Population
1.1 square miles 1,683.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Castle: 48.5 † ±5.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$57,037 ±$8,353 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Castle: $52,341 † ±$5,225
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$77,461 ±$14,206 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Castle: $89,205 † ±$11,376
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765

2.8% ±1.4% (53  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle: 4.7% † 260 (±2.3% / ±126)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)

21.1 minutes ±2.6 (19,090  ±4,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle: 23.2 † 55,990 (±5.2 / ±8,422)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)

Families

1,069 ±202 Number of households
  • New Castle: 2,774 ±203
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
1.8 ±0.4 (1,924  ±296) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Castle: 2 5,576 (±0.2 / ±26)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)

2.2% ±3.6% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Castle: 5% † 55 (±4.2% / ±48)
  • about half the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

1,107 ±201 Number of housing units
  • New Castle: 2,877 ±206
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$272,900 ±$25,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in New Castle: $285,100 ±$24,757
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

9.3% ±6.5% (179  ±127.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Castle: 11.3% † 625 (±5.4% / ±298.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

95.1% ±9.2% (1,547  ±301.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle: 93.9% † 4,232 (±11.3% / ±538.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
37.7% ±7.7% (613  ±163.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Castle: 33.8% † 1,522 (±6.4% / ±296.5)
  • a little less than 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

4.5% ±2.3% (87  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New Castle: 10% † 557 (±4.5% / ±249)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

7.8% ±3.6% (133  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Castle: 5.6% † 260 (±2.4% / ±112)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
133 Total veterans ±65 127 Male ±62 6 Female ±8

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