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Census Tract 509.05, Sussex, DE

3,496 Population
22.8 square miles 153.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewes: 67.2 ±1.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2

Economics

$65,343 ±$13,334 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lewes: $80,704 † ±$11,177
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
$92,986 ±$32,979 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lewes: $96,393 † ±$32,008
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512

6.5% ±3.8% (227  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lewes: 7.9% † 266 (±3.9% / ±131)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)

20.8 minutes ±8.3 (19,485  ±5,327) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewes: 23.7 † 15,375 (±11.6 / ±4,913)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)

Families

1,681 ±254 Number of households
  • Lewes: 1,747 ±126
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
2.1 ±0.2 (3,496  ±594) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lewes: 1.9 3,353 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)

3.1% ±5% (11  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Lewes: 0%
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sussex County: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)

Housing

3,564 ±296 Number of housing units
  • Lewes: 3,041 ±265
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115

$620,700 ±$91,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lewes: $826,100 ±$53,436
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986

8.8% ±3% (305  ±117.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lewes: 8.5% † 297 (±3.5% / ±120.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)

Social

97.4% ±20% (2,807  ±397.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewes: 96.2% † 3,068 (±11.3% / ±387.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
55.9% ±7.2% (1,612  ±316.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lewes: 67.8% † 2,162 (±10% / ±335)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)

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

2.9% ±2.1% (100  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lewes: 1.2% † 43 (±1% / ±36)
  • about one-third of the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392

9.3% ±5.4% (300  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lewes: 13.5% † 442 (±5.1% / ±169)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
300 Total veterans ±181 271 Male ±179 29 Female ±27

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