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Lewes, DE

3,415 Population
4.2 square miles 814.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

67.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 51.4 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$67,988 ±$9,382 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $44,963 ±$855
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$92,375 ±$30,319 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $78,162 ±$1,865
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

5.8% ±3.5% (187  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 11.5% 28,116 (±1% / ±2,340)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

27.1 minutes ±11 (23,020  ±6,233) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 27.2 2,512,830 (±0.6 / ±76,046)
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

1,673 ±118 Number of households
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 103,213 ±1,091
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
1.9 ±0.1 (3,247  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 2.4 245,107 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

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

Housing

3,060 ±218 Number of housing units
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 147,904 ±147
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$806,700 ±$66,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $353,300 ±$7,520
  • more than double the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

6.9% ±3.6% (236  ±123.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.5% 25,890 (±0.9% / ±2,210.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

96.3% ±12.4% (3,012  ±402.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 89.6% 167,915 (±1.5% / ±2,845.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
65.2% ±10.8% (2,039  ±345.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 32.6% 61,002 (±0.9% / ±1,690.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

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

2.3% ±1.6% (77  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.4% 20,845
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

16.1% ±5.7% (511  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.8% 17,798 (±0.5% / ±953)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
511 Total veterans ±182 481 Male ±182 30 Female ±29

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