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Lewes, DE

3,505 Population
4.2 square miles 836.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

67.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 51.9 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$80,704 ±$11,177 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $46,684 ±$1,039
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$96,393 ±$32,008 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $81,497 ±$1,512
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

7.9% ±3.9% (266  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

23.7 minutes ±11.6 (15,375  ±4,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

1,747 ±126 Number of households
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 106,441 ±1,143
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
1.9 ±0.1 (3,353  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,041 ±265 Number of housing units
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 151,799 ±115
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$826,100 ±$53,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $382,600 ±$6,986
  • more than double the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

8.5% ±3.5% (297  ±120.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

96.2% ±11.3% (3,068  ±387.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
67.8% ±10% (2,162  ±335) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)
  • 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

1.2% ±1% (43  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.4% 21,392
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

13.5% ±5.1% (442  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
442 Total veterans ±169 428 Male ±172 14 Female ±16

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