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19953

5,255 Population
29.9 square miles 175.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,877 ±$3,297 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $36,191 ±$762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$81,792 ±$31,746 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

6.2% ±3.1% (325  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.6% 19,447 (±1% / ±1,744)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

34.2 minutes ±8.4 (63,205  ±22,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

1,841 ±284 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.9 ±0.4 (5,253  ±1,030) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 183,216 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

20.4% ±9.3% (267  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

1,954 ±296 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$246,700 ±$71,494 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $316,600 ±$6,188
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

8.1% ±6.4% (405  ±328.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

83.6% ±22.4% (2,678  ±492.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 91% 115,066 (±2.3% / ±2,856)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
16.1% ±6.1% (516  ±220) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

3.2% ±1.7% (169  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.4% 13,883
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

11.4% ±6.4% (420  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
420 Total veterans ±249 337 Male ±237 83 Female ±71

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