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Wilmington, DE

71,568 Population
10.9 square miles 6,568.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.3

Economics

$38,750 ±$5,696 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,170 ±$506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $42,571 ±$1,101
$52,768 ±$8,610 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $84,123 ±$976
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $82,174 ±$2,002

22.2% ±5.6% (15,316  ±3,875) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 692,871 (±0.5% / ±31,237)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 9.4% 93,285 (±0.9% / ±8,805)

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

32,239 ±2,003 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,483,863 ±7,122
  • Delaware: 402,334 ±3,985
2.2 ±0.1 (69,390  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,077,818 (±0 / ±2,754)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 995,708

5.7% ±3.3% (1,092  ±637) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5% 74,221 (±0.4% / ±6,066)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 5.8% † 12,915 (±1% / ±2,246)

Housing

36,697 ±2,021 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,634,290 ±1,117
  • Delaware: 465,804 ±84

$217,300 ±$15,588 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $332,600 ±$2,430
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $337,200 ±$4,487

15.3% ±4.1% (10,780  ±2,910.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,127 (±0.4% / ±23,835.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 10.8% 108,719 (±0.8% / ±8,267.2)

Social

86.5% ±6.6% (43,596  ±3,923.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,019,644 (±0.8% / ±33,848)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 92% 666,117 (±1.9% / ±13,778.4)
35.2% ±4.2% (17,714  ±2,268.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.3% 1,844,066 (±0.5% / ±20,791.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 36.5% 264,384 (±1.2% / ±8,706.9)

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

8% ±2.7% (5,717  ±1,926) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 734,722
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 9.9% 101,110

5.6% ±1.8% (3,124  ±1,034) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.1% 249,256 (±0.2% / ±9,038)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 7.3% 58,729 (±0.4% / ±3,144)
3,124 Total veterans ±1,034 2,920 Male ±996 204 Female ±237

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