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Census Tract 502, Sussex, DE

4,239 Population
40.9 square miles 103.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ellendale: 26.2 † ±19.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2

Economics

$30,679 ±$5,154 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ellendale: $21,828 † ±$8,893
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
$69,632 ±$8,572 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ellendale: $65,250 † ±$19,415
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512

13.1% ±6% (541  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ellendale: 11.6% † 88 (±8.7% / ±76)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)

27.7 minutes ±2.4 (48,555  ±8,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ellendale: 28 † 7,260 (±7.7 / ±3,960)
  • about the same as the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)

Families

1,492 ±270 Number of households
  • Ellendale: 200 † ±59
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
2.8 ±0.7 (4,228  ±645) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ellendale: 3.8 † 760 (±1.2 / ±325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)

5.6% ±4% (52  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ellendale: 7.4% † 12 (±8.6% / ±15)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sussex County: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)

Housing

1,553 ±271 Number of housing units
  • Ellendale: 209 † ±59
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115

$240,600 ±$25,406 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ellendale: $269,500 ±$22,379
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986

5.1% ±6.6% (213  ±275.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ellendale: 25% † 187 (±35% / ±274.3)
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)

Social

88.5% ±18.9% (2,456  ±360) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ellendale: 84.4% † 335 (±38.9% / ±96.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
12.8% ±4% (355  ±122.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ellendale: 14.1% † 56 (±8.6% / ±39.5)
  • 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

9.9% ±3.2% (421  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ellendale: 2.5% † 19 (±3.5% / ±28)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392

7.1% ±3% (213  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ellendale: 8.1% † 34 (±6.5% / ±30)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
213 Total veterans ±94 200 Male ±91 13 Female ±15

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