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Sussex East PUMA, DE

138,583 Population
306.6 square miles 452 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 42.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$61,019 ±$3,335 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Delaware: $45,438 ±$1,203
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,005 ±$3,876 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $87,534 ±$2,747
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8% ±1.4% (11,111  ±2,058) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 9.6% † 98,553 (±1.1% / ±11,530)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.7 minutes ±0.6 (1,312,815  ±145,462) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.8 11,664,670 (±0.8 / ±413,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

65,064 ±2,636 Number of households
  • Delaware: 412,304 ±3,893
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (138,205  ±6,733) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 1,028,168
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.5% (517  ±293) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 5% † 11,625 (±0.9% / ±1,992)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

105,320 ±2,864 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 476,415 ±97
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$525,200 ±$21,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Delaware: $371,600 ±$4,972
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.6% ±1.7% (13,297  ±2,475.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.6% 110,609 (±0.9% / ±9,798.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±2.2% (109,249  ±4,634.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.8% 685,650 (±1.8% / ±13,477.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
45.8% ±2.3% (52,786  ±3,225.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 36% 268,753 (±1.1% / ±8,267.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

8.6% ±2.4% (10,779  ±3,003.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 15.1% 146,244 (±0.4% / ±3,432.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

7.8% ±1.9% (10,811  ±2,741) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 11.6% 121,583
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±0.9% (9,162  ±1,164) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.2% 59,853 (±0.4% / ±3,163)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,162 Total veterans ±1,164 8,300 Male ±1,054 862 Female ±577

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