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Greater Wilmington PUMA, DE

134,633 Population
28.3 square miles 4,755.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 42.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,825 ±$5,244 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $45,438 ±$1,203
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,315 ±$5,629 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $87,534 ±$2,747
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±4.8% (23,880  ±6,511) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 9.6% † 98,553 (±1.1% / ±11,530)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.3 minutes ±2.6 (1,571,920  ±205,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 26.8 11,664,670 (±0.8 / ±413,882)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

53,902 ±3,327 Number of households
  • Delaware: 412,304 ±3,893
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (131,561  ±7,587) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 2.5 1,028,168
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2% ±1% (667  ±341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 5% † 11,625 (±0.9% / ±1,992)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,294 ±3,547 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 476,415 ±97
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$273,000 ±$15,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $371,600 ±$4,972
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17% ±3.9% (22,749  ±5,378.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.6% 110,609 (±0.9% / ±9,798.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.7% ±4.6% (79,668  ±5,893.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.8% 685,650 (±1.8% / ±13,477.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.2% ±2.7% (26,488  ±2,891.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 36% 268,753 (±1.1% / ±8,267.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

17.2% ±2.8% (20,153  ±3,335.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 15.1% 146,244 (±0.4% / ±3,432.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

14.2% ±2.9% (19,121  ±4,043) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.6% 121,583
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.2% ±1.3% (5,485  ±1,387) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 7.2% 59,853 (±0.4% / ±3,163)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,485 Total veterans ±1,387 5,083 Male ±1,339 402 Female ±275

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