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Cape Henlopen School District, DE

75,263 Population
161.7 square miles 465.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 52.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Delaware: 42.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$61,713 ±$5,465 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $47,557 ±$2,128
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Delaware: $45,438 ±$1,203
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,267 ±$6,132 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sussex County: $85,258 ±$3,898
  • 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

11% ±3.3% (8,253  ±2,592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 9.1% † 24,529 (±1.7% / ±4,642)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 9.6% † 98,553 (±1.1% / ±11,530)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.9 minutes ±0.5 (528,885  ±35,714) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

35,476 ±2,530 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 114,835 ±3,185
  • Delaware: 412,304 ±3,893
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (75,041  ±7,240) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 2.3 268,334 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • 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

2.7% ±2.2% (288  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 2.6% † 1,229 (±1.6% / ±730)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 5% † 11,625 (±0.9% / ±1,992)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

52,324 ±2,437 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 160,248 ±43
  • Delaware: 476,415 ±97
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$558,200 ±$33,058 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sussex County: $397,800 ±$12,042
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware: $371,600 ±$4,972
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.8% ±2.5% (8,088  ±2,039.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sussex County: 8.2% † 22,240 (±1.3% / ±3,526.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 10.6% 110,609 (±0.9% / ±9,798.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.7% ±9.4% (58,934  ±3,831.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 92.4% 189,916 (±3.2% / ±6,592.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.8% 685,650 (±1.8% / ±13,477.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
51.7% ±2.3% (31,522  ±2,674.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 33.5% 68,904 (±1.9% / ±3,875.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 36% 268,753 (±1.1% / ±8,267.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.8% ±3.3% (6,605  ±2,538) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.2% 22,199
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 11.6% 121,583
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.1% (3,738  ±779) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 7.2% † 16,137 (±0.9% / ±1,927)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 7.2% 59,853 (±0.4% / ±3,163)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,738 Total veterans ±779 3,095 Male ±692 643 Female ±530

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