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Census Tract 501.05, Sussex, DE

5,818 Population
16.2 square miles 359.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lincoln: 28.4 † ±4.9
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2

Economics

$27,163 ±$3,259 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lincoln: $26,252 † ±$7,799
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
$68,012 ±$12,742 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lincoln: $107,690 † ±$50,165
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512

12.3% ±7.8% (715  ±461) Persons below poverty line
  • Lincoln: 0%
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)

30.8 minutes ±5.5 (73,200  ±20,905) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lincoln: 29.1 † 23,920 (±4 / ±10,111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)

Families

2,022 ±276 Number of households
  • Lincoln: 397 † ±161
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
2.9 ±0.6 (5,818  ±768) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lincoln: 4.7 † 1,873 (±2.5 / ±609)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)

1.7% ±2% (24  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Lincoln: 0%
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)

Housing

2,233 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln: 428 † ±167
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115

$263,500 ±$18,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lincoln: $262,100 † ±$42,834
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986

4.2% ±3.2% (244  ±185.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln: 4.2% † 78 (±4.8% / ±92.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)

Social

87.2% ±4.4% (3,293  ±502.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln: 90.7% † 934 (±42.1% / ±260.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
12.8% ±4.7% (482  ±190.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Lincoln: 0%
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)

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

8.8% ±3.7% (510  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lincoln: 1.9% † 36 (±2.5% / ±49)
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392

5.5% ±3.5% (242  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln: 3.2% † 40 (±2.5% / ±34)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
242 Total veterans ±155 242 Male ±155 N/A Female ±18

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