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Wilmington, DE

71,672 Population
10.9 square miles 6,578.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 42 ±0.3

Economics

$39,413 ±$4,788 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $48,276 ±$485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $44,350 ±$1,187
$50,420 ±$5,481 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $86,867 ±$1,004
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware: $81,361 ±$1,668

20.2% ±5.4% (14,009  ±3,740) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 700,710 (±0.5% / ±31,247)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 10.5% 106,027 (±1% / ±10,289)

22.7 minutes ±0.6 (670,970  ±35,666) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,587,890 (±0.1 / ±433,372)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)

Families

32,131 ±1,964 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,484,152 ±8,664
  • Delaware: 412,048 ±3,896
2.2 ±0.1 (69,233  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,424 (±0 / ±3,042)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 † 1,008,153 (±1,348.3 / ±-555,555,600)

6.3% ±3.7% (1,146  ±686) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.1% 75,590 (±0.4% / ±5,796)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 5.4% † 12,165 (±1.2% / ±2,608)

Housing

35,716 ±2,107 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,643,828 ±1,234
  • Delaware: 471,472 ±147

$228,600 ±$17,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $356,700 ±$2,499
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $359,700 ±$5,589

15.6% ±3.7% (10,984  ±2,600.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.6% 655,230 (±0.4% / ±26,256.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 114,277 (±0.9% / ±9,361.9)

Social

87.4% ±6.5% (42,430  ±3,923.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.4% 4,039,594 (±0.8% / ±33,148.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 668,410 (±1.9% / ±13,796.9)
34.4% ±4.6% (16,715  ±2,422.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.3% 1,849,231 (±0.5% / ±22,522.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 36.5% 266,702 (±1.2% / ±8,549.2)

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

9% ±2.5% (6,447  ±1,763) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12% † 752,110 (±1,071% / ±19,990)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% † 115,129 (±6,006.8% / ±6,173)

4.1% ±1.2% (2,250  ±679) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 234,702 (±0.2% / ±8,149)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 7.5% 61,454 (±0.5% / ±4,118)
2,250 Total veterans ±679 2,130 Male ±653 120 Female ±158

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