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19962

13,770 Population
14.6 square miles 942.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$39,727 ±$2,626 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $36,191 ±$762
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$104,260 ±$12,236 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

5.9% ±2.3% (802  ±324) Persons below poverty line
  • about half 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)

26 minutes ±4.8 (152,585  ±19,523) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

5,041 ±494 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.7 ±0.4 (13,765  ±1,261) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 2.6 183,216 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898

7.7% ±4.3% (244  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

5,257 ±437 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$374,200 ±$15,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $316,600 ±$6,188
  • a little higher than the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

4.3% ±1.7% (593  ±236.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

92.7% ±3.6% (9,007  ±812) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 91% 115,066 (±2.3% / ±2,856)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
42.5% ±4.1% (4,131  ±516.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

9.5% ±3% (1,306  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.4% 13,883
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

14.4% ±3.3% (1,503  ±361) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • about double the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
1,503 Total veterans ±361 1,117 Male ±273 386 Female ±211

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