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Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metro Division

760,272 Population
1,104.5 square miles 688.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,775 ±$1,533 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,684 ±$499
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$89,562 ±$2,687 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $90,850 ±$1,092
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.2% ±1.3% (75,844  ±9,911) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.8% 668,882 (±0.5% / ±28,431)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.5 minutes ±0.8 (8,708,290  ±317,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.7 79,803,310 (±0.3 / ±1,004,257)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

290,649 ±2,646 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,505,818 ±6,896
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (741,039  ±206) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,167,863 (±0 / ±1,505)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6% ±1% (10,684  ±1,856) 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: 4.8% 72,085 (±0.4% / ±5,446)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

309,682 ±159 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,652,016 ±647
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$363,100 ±$6,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $375,100 ±$2,652
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±1.2% (86,009  ±8,705.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.1% 632,705 (±0.4% / ±23,497.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±2.1% (488,567  ±11,473.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.6% 4,108,023 (±0.8% / ±34,849.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.3% ±1.3% (193,277  ±6,943.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 43.3% 1,921,371 (±0.5% / ±22,590)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12% (91,109  ±6,588) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.4% 784,181
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±0.5% (37,451  ±2,774) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.6% 227,988 (±0.2% / ±7,693)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
37,451 Total veterans ±2,774 32,902 Male ±2,950 4,549 Female ±1,437

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