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Hockessin, DE

13,439 Population
10 square miles 1,338.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$74,681 ±$6,277 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$171,204 ±$18,691 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • about double the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

1.5% ±1% (201  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

23.2 minutes ±5.6 (110,430  ±17,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

4,812 ±413 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.7 ±0.2 (13,065  ±1,438) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

5.8% ±3.6% (152  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

4,984 ±428 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$568,800 ±$18,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

5.7% ±2% (760  ±274.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

95.4% ±4.4% (9,218  ±815.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
66.3% ±5.1% (6,408  ±688.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

10.2% ±3.3% (1,371  ±472) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

5.8% ±1.4% (591  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
591 Total veterans ±148 578 Male ±148 13 Female ±17

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