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Census Tract 168.06, New Castle, DE

5,993 Population
13.7 square miles 438.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Middletown: 38.7 ±2.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$50,699 ±$5,559 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Middletown: $52,839 † ±$9,116
  • a little higher than the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$141,734 ±$15,197 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middletown: $112,831 † ±$15,459
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Castle County: $91,166 ±$1,765

5% ±4.6% (296  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middletown: 8.4% † 2,026 (±4.1% / ±1,002)
  • about half the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)

37.1 minutes ±9.5 (88,700  ±15,360) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Middletown: 30.1 289,355 (±2.3 / ±37,628)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Castle County: 25.3 5,993,490 (±0.4 / ±115,547)

Families

1,933 ±209 Number of households
  • Middletown: 9,013 ±559
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
3.1 ±0.4 (5,986  ±497) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middletown: 2.7 24,587 (±0.2 / ±32)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Castle County: 2.5 561,765 (±0 / ±83)

2.8% ±2.2% (42  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middletown: 2.3% † 151 (±2.1% / ±135)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

1,984 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Middletown: 9,136 ±565
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$507,500 ±$38,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middletown: $409,600 ±$27,315
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

5.3% ±2.6% (315  ±153.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Middletown: 9.6% † 2,349 (±3.1% / ±767.9)
  • about half the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

95.4% ±6.2% (3,941  ±471.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middletown: 96.6% 15,593 (±7.1% / ±1,330.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Castle County: 92.6% 372,982 (±1.3% / ±5,046.2)
43.1% ±6.8% (1,781  ±333.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middletown: 44% † 7,109 (±4.6% / ±804.8)
  • about 10 percent higher 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

13% ±3.7% (780  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middletown: 10.8% † 2,650 (±2.9% / ±703)
  • about the same as the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

9.7% ±3.7% (428  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middletown: 5.5% † 978 (±1.7% / ±299)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
428 Total veterans ±170 294 Male ±153 134 Female ±138

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