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Census Tract 517.01, Sussex, DE

4,483 Population
46.5 square miles 96.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Laurel: 33 ±3.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2

Economics

$33,853 ±$4,051 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Laurel: $25,176 † ±$7,568
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
$78,194 ±$31,794 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Laurel: $48,644 † ±$11,612
  • a little less than the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512

9% ±3.5% (404  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Laurel: 34.6% † 1,437 (±14.1% / ±586)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)

25.5 minutes ±2.7 (58,325  ±12,694) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Laurel: 33.8 † 47,650 (±8 / ±15,667)
  • a little less than the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)

Families

1,587 ±155 Number of households
  • Laurel: 1,609 † ±231
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
2.8 ±0.3 (4,483  ±603) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Laurel: 2.6 † 4,133 (±0.4 / ±16)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)

7.5% ±5.5% (74  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Laurel: 3.2% † 36 (±3.9% / ±45)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)

Housing

1,626 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Laurel: 1,710 † ±227
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115

$270,400 ±$18,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Laurel: $230,300 † ±$42,180
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986

8.1% ±6.7% (362  ±303.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Laurel: 20.9% † 866 (±13.8% / ±573.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)

Social

86.9% ±5.6% (2,873  ±404) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Laurel: 73.3% † 1,857 (±12.3% / ±389.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
19.9% ±6.1% (659  ±218.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Laurel: 4.6% † 117 (±2.8% / ±71.7)
  • about three-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

4% ±4.4% (178  ±197) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Laurel: 18.1% † 750 (±8.8% / ±367)
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392

6.5% ±2.8% (234  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Laurel: 6.2% † 182 (±4.2% / ±123)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
234 Total veterans ±105 223 Male ±105 11 Female ±18

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