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Newark, DE

30,655 Population
9.5 square miles 3,235.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in Delaware: 41.4 ±0.2

Economics

$32,240 ±$3,171 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,051 ±$265
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $42,180 ±$471
$67,738 ±$5,631 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $85,555 ±$633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $79,325 ±$1,227

24.4% ±2.8% (5,702  ±642) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 717,699 (±0.2% / ±13,169)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 11.1% 107,790 (±0.4% / ±3,568)

19.6 minutes ±0.5 (213,515  ±15,144) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,587,890 (±0.1 / ±433,372)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)

Families

9,191 ±488 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,419,824 ±4,392
  • Delaware: 389,000 ±1,574
2.5 ±0.1 (23,157  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,075,423
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 970,840

1.9% ±1.1% (199  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 70,787 (±0.2% / ±2,171)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 4.7% 10,237 (±0.4% / ±777)

Housing

10,560 ±476 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,590,451 ±614
  • Delaware: 451,556 ±235

$334,400 ±$10,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $304,900 ±$1,451
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $305,200 ±$3,363

31.1% ±3.2% (9,495  ±,969.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 701,265 (±0.2% / ±10,666.2)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 109,799 (±0.4% / ±4,021.6)

Social

97.2% ±3.7% (13,271  ±,841.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.8% 3,971,356 (±0.4% / ±16,121.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.2% 639,020 (±0.9% / ±6,392.1)
55.9% ±3.7% (7,634  ±,635.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 40.6% 1,756,558 (±0.2% / ±9,842.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 34.5% 241,357 (±0.6% / ±3,958.8)

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

12.9% ±1.9% (3,956  ±591) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 707,996
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 9.8% 97,223

3.6% ±0.6% (979  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.4% 264,594 (±0.1% / ±3,594)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 8.1% 63,088 (±0.3% / ±1,959)
979 Total veterans ±168 903 Male ±169 76 Female ±53

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