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Census Tract 508.08, Sussex, DE

4,628 Population
2.2 square miles 2,078.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$60,221 ±$9,368 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$76,914 ±$17,460 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

5% ±3.7% (233  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

24.4 minutes ±1.9 (35,400  ±9,914) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

2,415 ±242 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
1.9 ±0.2 (4,627  ±608) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,564 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$480,000 ±$69,183 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

10.8% ±5.1% (500  ±245.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

98.5% ±8.9% (4,025  ±589.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
48.5% ±7.3% (1,979  ±376.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

12.6% ±7.5% (584  ±356) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

8% ±3.8% (334  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
334 Total veterans ±161 245 Male ±122 89 Female ±111

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