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New Castle, DE

5,579 Population
3.5 square miles 1,604.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$52,341 ±$5,225 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$89,205 ±$11,376 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • a little higher than the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

4.7% ±2.3% (260  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

23.2 minutes ±5.2 (55,990  ±8,422) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

2,774 ±203 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2 ±0.2 (5,576  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

5% ±4.2% (55  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

2,877 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$285,100 ±$24,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

11.3% ±5.4% (625  ±298.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

93.9% ±11.3% (4,232  ±538.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
33.8% ±6.4% (1,522  ±296.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

10% ±4.5% (557  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

5.6% ±2.4% (260  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
260 Total veterans ±112 254 Male ±110 6 Female ±8

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