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Census Tract 168.08, New Castle, DE

7,124 Population
14.8 square miles 480.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Middletown: 38.7 ±2.3
  • a little less than the figure in New Castle County: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$52,509 ±$8,402 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Middletown: $52,839 † ±$9,116
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Castle County: $47,777 ±$774
$135,439 ±$28,563 Median household income
  • about 20 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

5.7% ±5.5% (404  ±398) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middletown: 8.4% † 2,026 (±4.1% / ±1,002)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 10.1% 56,931 (±0.6% / ±3,356)

38.7 minutes ±12.8 (102,720  ±21,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times 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

2,298 ±254 Number of households
  • Middletown: 9,013 ±559
  • New Castle County: 224,173 ±971
3.1 ±0.3 (7,083  ±1,044) 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)

8.7% ±4.2% (155  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Middletown: 2.3% † 151 (±2.1% / ±135)
  • nearly double the rate in New Castle County: 4.8% † 6,667 (±0.5% / ±699)

Housing

2,298 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Middletown: 9,136 ±565
  • New Castle County: 236,079 ±136

$454,400 ±$24,918 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middletown: $409,600 ±$27,315
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Castle County: $352,200 ±$3,776

7% ±8.3% (492  ±591.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middletown: 9.6% † 2,349 (±3.1% / ±767.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 11.1% 63,370 (±0.5% / ±3,078)

Social

95.2% ±20.7% (4,289  ±642.6) 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)
34.5% ±3.6% (1,555  ±291.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middletown: 44% † 7,109 (±4.6% / ±804.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

5.6% ±2.9% (400  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Middletown: 10.8% † 2,650 (±2.9% / ±703)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Castle County: 12.8% 74,007

7.6% ±3% (364  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middletown: 5.5% † 978 (±1.7% / ±299)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Castle County: 5.8% 26,290 (±0.3% / ±1,146)
364 Total veterans ±153 331 Male ±149 33 Female ±38

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