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State Senate District 8, DE

46,254 Population
25.1 square miles 1,845.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,621 ±$2,764 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$101,434 ±$5,280 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±2.4% (6,987  ±927) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±0.8 (339,175  ±25,279) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,347 ±615 Number of households
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (37,939  ±1,303) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±1.1% (416  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,979 ±699 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$434,500 ±$10,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.8% ±2.5% (11,873  ±1,199.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±1.3% (23,981  ±1,215.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
58.8% ±2.7% (14,489  ±980.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

11.1% ±1.4% (5,145  ±655) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±0.7% (1,698  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
1,698 Total veterans ±271 1,495 Male ±273 203 Female ±100

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