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Census Tract 517.02, Sussex, DE

7,073 Population
68.3 square miles 103.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delmar: 35.5 † ±4.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2

Economics

$35,702 ±$4,109 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Delmar: $29,075 ±$2,768
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
$84,405 ±$27,403 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Delmar: $61,250 † ±$20,554
  • a little higher than the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512

12.8% ±8.4% (902  ±603) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delmar: 9.2% † 214 (±3.6% / ±96)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)

25.1 minutes ±5.2 (86,330  ±12,581) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delmar: 29.1 † 26,230 (±10.7 / ±6,758)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)

Families

2,272 ±190 Number of households
  • Delmar: 857 † ±150
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
3.1 ±0.3 (7,073  ±967) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delmar: 2.7 † 2,329 (±0.3 / ±489)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)

1.4% ±1.6% (20  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Delmar: 5.4% † 33 (±5.1% / ±32)
  • about one-third of the rate in Sussex County: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)

Housing

2,474 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Delmar: 923 † ±152
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115

$264,300 ±$21,323 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delmar: $232,800 ±$21,084
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986

8.1% ±5% (573  ±359.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delmar: 8.7% † 208 (±5% / ±125.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)

Social

86.8% ±7.8% (4,267  ±596.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delmar: 89.2% † 1,373 (±22% / ±202.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
16.5% ±4.2% (813  ±224.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delmar: 18.4% † 283 (±5.4% / ±99.6)
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)

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

6.2% ±3% (435  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delmar: 5.7% † 138 (±4.4% / ±110)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392

8.3% ±2.9% (438  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delmar: 5.9% † 104 (±3.1% / ±59)
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
438 Total veterans ±160 423 Male ±157 15 Female ±25

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