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19977

27,704 Population
83.1 square miles 333.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,437 ±$2,047 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $36,191 ±$762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
$76,826 ±$8,716 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $74,477 ±$2,101
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251

9.5% ±2.8% (2,424  ±726) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.6% 19,447 (±1% / ±1,744)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)

32.8 minutes ±3.6 (327,330  ±46,513) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 26.5 2,078,440 (±0.8 / ±77,435)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)

Families

9,322 ±556 Number of households
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 71,424 ±603
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
2.7 ±0.2 (25,566  ±1,379) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent 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

5.2% ±3% (306  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,577 (±1% / ±441)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)

Housing

10,048 ±549 Number of housing units
  • the Dover, DE Metro Area: 76,325 ±67
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208

$341,000 ±$12,865 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dover, DE Metro Area: $316,600 ±$6,188
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842

14% ±3.1% (3,863  ±881.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.5% 19,418 (±1% / ±1,863.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)

Social

91.4% ±4.3% (17,658  ±1,184.8) 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)
23.4% ±3.2% (4,529  ±645) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 27.5% 34,823 (±1.3% / ±1,594.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)

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

6.9% ±2.1% (1,916  ±591) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 7.4% 13,883
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282

8.3% ±1.7% (1,753  ±360) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dover, DE Metro Area: 10.9% 15,500 (±0.7% / ±974)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
1,753 Total veterans ±360 1,589 Male ±337 164 Female ±99

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