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Laurel, DE

4,152 Population
2.8 square miles 1,498.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±3.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 51.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$25,176 ±$7,568 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $46,684 ±$1,039
  • about half the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$48,644 ±$11,612 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $81,497 ±$1,512
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

34.6% ±14.1% (1,437  ±586) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

33.8 minutes ±8 (47,650  ±15,667) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

1,609 ±231 Number of households
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 106,441 ±1,143
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.6 ±0.4 (4,133  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

3.2% ±3.9% (36  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

1,710 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 151,799 ±115
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$230,300 ±$42,180 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $382,600 ±$6,986
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

20.9% ±13.8% (866  ±573.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)
  • about double the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

73.3% ±12.3% (1,857  ±389.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
4.6% ±2.8% (117  ±71.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

18.1% ±8.8% (750  ±367) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.4% 21,392
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

6.2% ±4.2% (182  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
182 Total veterans ±123 182 Male ±123 N/A Female ±13

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