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Laurel School District, DE

16,731 Population
109 square miles 153.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sussex County: 51.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,768 ±$2,431 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sussex County: $44,963 ±$855
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
$60,119 ±$6,056 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $78,162 ±$1,865
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234

17.3% ±4.8% (2,894  ±835) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 11.5% 28,116 (±1% / ±2,340)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)

27.3 minutes ±5.7 (199,785  ±29,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sussex County: 27.2 2,512,830 (±0.6 / ±76,046)
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)

Families

6,303 ±547 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 103,213 ±1,091
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
2.7 ±0.3 (16,709  ±1,377) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 245,107 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814

5.7% ±2.6% (223  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 4.8% † 2,051 (±0.9% / ±385)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)

Housing

6,787 ±554 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 147,904 ±147
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241

$246,500 ±$18,094 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sussex County: $353,300 ±$7,520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051

12% ±4.4% (1,983  ±747.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.5% 25,890 (±0.9% / ±2,210.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)

Social

84.3% ±11% (9,477  ±861.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 89.6% 167,915 (±1.5% / ±2,845.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
14.6% ±2.3% (1,641  ±298.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 32.6% 61,002 (±0.9% / ±1,690.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

9.3% ±3.9% (1,547  ±657) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 20,845
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694

8.3% ±1.9% (1,031  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 8.8% 17,798 (±0.5% / ±953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
1,031 Total veterans ±258 952 Male ±250 79 Female ±54

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