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Lewes, DE

3,339 Population
4.2 square miles 796.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 46.7 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 41.4 ±0.2

Economics

$63,941 ±$9,342 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: $40,791 ±$704
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $42,180 ±$471
$87,458 ±$26,608 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: $72,964 ±$1,474
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $79,325 ±$1,227

5.8% ±3.7% (184  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 12.1% 49,626 (±0.7% / ±2,760)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 11.1% 107,790 (±0.4% / ±3,568)

31.4 minutes ±7.4 (28,285  ±9,882) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 25.4 4,302,165 (±0.4 / ±86,492)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)

Families

1,591 ±123 Number of households
  • the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 171,609 ±1,420
  • Delaware: 389,000 ±1,574
2 ±0.2 (3,161  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 2.4 409,695 (±0 / ±129)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 970,840

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

Housing

2,825 ±267 Number of housing units
  • the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 255,255 ±256
  • Delaware: 451,556 ±235

$778,800 ±$75,378 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: $289,000 ±$4,363
  • more than double the amount in Delaware: $305,200 ±$3,363

8.9% ±6.2% (298  ±,208.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 12.6% 52,511 (±0.7% / ±2,742)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 109,799 (±0.4% / ±4,021.6)

Social

93.8% ±12.7% (2,895  ±409) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 89.9% 274,314 (±1.2% / ±3,793.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.2% 639,020 (±0.9% / ±6,392.1)
63.1% ±10.9% (1,948  ±,347.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 30.3% 92,536 (±0.7% / ±2,165.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 34.5% 241,357 (±0.6% / ±3,958.8)

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

2.3% ±1.7% (76  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 7.2% 30,197
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Delaware: 9.8% 97,223

14.7% ±4.8% (463  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area: 8.6% 29,524 (±0.3% / ±1,148)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 8.1% 63,088 (±0.3% / ±1,959)
463 Total veterans ±152 444 Male ±147 19 Female ±21

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