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North Star, DE

7,834 Population
6.8 square miles 1,151.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$73,929 ±$8,925 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$150,733 ±$41,168 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.5% ±2% (276  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±5.7 (70,665  ±10,757) 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)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,035 ±414 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (7,834  ±888) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.7% (25  ±24) 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% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,170 ±400 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$583,700 ±$21,216 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±2.1% (571  ±179.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.5% ±17.5% (5,593  ±684.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
72.7% ±6.3% (4,125  ±641.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • about double the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.6% ±2.3% (1,068  ±219) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±1.3% (271  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
271 Total veterans ±90 264 Male ±89 7 Female ±11

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