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State Senate District 16, DE

48,747 Population
140.2 square miles 347.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,247 ±$1,899 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,126 ±$5,857 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±1.9% (4,186  ±923) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±1 (487,945  ±36,621) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,374 ±810 Number of households
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (48,579  ±2,379) 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

6.8% ±2% (766  ±231) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,910 ±823 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$341,700 ±$11,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±1.6% (4,302  ±804.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±3% (30,812  ±1,581.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.7% ±2.5% (11,595  ±939.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • a little less than 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

5.2% ±1% (2,511  ±494) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13% ±1.4% (4,661  ±521) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,661 Total veterans ±521 3,720 Male ±443 941 Female ±275

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