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Wilmington, DE

73,173 Population
10.9 square miles 6,716.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 42.1 ±0.3

Economics

$42,132 ±$5,062 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,684 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $45,438 ±$1,203
$65,389 ±$9,540 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $90,850 ±$1,092
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $87,534 ±$2,747

21.1% ±7.1% (14,982  ±5,033) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.8% 668,882 (±0.5% / ±28,431)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 9.6% † 98,553 (±1.1% / ±11,530)

23.5 minutes ±1 (686,905  ±42,089) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

31,587 ±2,713 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,505,818 ±6,896
  • Delaware: 412,304 ±3,893
2.2 ±0.2 (70,636  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,167,863 (±0 / ±1,505)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 1,028,168

2.4% ±1.4% (439  ±266) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 72,085 (±0.4% / ±5,446)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 5% † 11,625 (±0.9% / ±1,992)

Housing

35,325 ±3,024 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,652,016 ±647
  • Delaware: 476,415 ±97

$245,100 ±$19,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $375,100 ±$2,652
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $371,600 ±$4,972

20.3% ±4.9% (14,770  ±3,574.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.1% 632,705 (±0.4% / ±23,497.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 10.6% 110,609 (±0.9% / ±9,798.5)

Social

87.9% ±7.6% (46,012  ±4,625.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.6% 4,108,023 (±0.8% / ±34,849.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 91.8% 685,650 (±1.8% / ±13,477.3)
31.8% ±4.3% (16,668  ±2,387.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 43.3% 1,921,371 (±0.5% / ±22,590)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 36% 268,753 (±1.1% / ±8,267.2)

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

12.2% ±3.5% (8,910  ±2,555) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.4% 784,181
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.6% 121,583

3.6% ±1.4% (2,161  ±832) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.6% 227,988 (±0.2% / ±7,693)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 7.2% 59,853 (±0.4% / ±3,163)
2,161 Total veterans ±832 1,892 Male ±790 269 Female ±217

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