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Capital School District, DE

60,242 Population
113.4 square miles 531.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 38.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,317 ±$1,541 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $34,640 ±$812
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$63,427 ±$2,377 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $72,872 ±$1,932
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

15.4% ±2.3% (8,637  ±1,302) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 11.3% 20,323 (±1% / ±1,797)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

25.3 minutes ±1.4 (625,575  ±45,415) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 27 2,111,380 (±1 / ±87,809)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

23,620 ±723 Number of households
  • Kent County: 70,053 ±600
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.4 ±0.1 (56,467  ±1,404) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 2.6 180,708 (±0 / ±93)
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

5.6% ±1.5% (853  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 5.5% † 2,383 (±1% / ±438)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

25,347 ±704 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 74,997 ±89
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$265,400 ±$9,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kent County: $290,600 ±$5,081
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

13.1% ±1.8% (7,824  ±1,071.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 11.8% 21,596 (±1.2% / ±2,104.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

88.4% ±2.5% (34,988  ±1,568.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 90.2% 112,367 (±2.1% / ±2,634.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
24.1% ±1.9% (9,550  ±826.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kent County: 26.7% 33,311 (±1.2% / ±1,479.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)

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

9.6% ±1.8% (5,785  ±1,072) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 7.2% 13,303
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

11.6% ±1.5% (5,446  ±714) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 11.6% 16,310 (±0.8% / ±1,121)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
5,446 Total veterans ±714 4,586 Male ±571 860 Female ±368

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