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Seaford School District, DE

26,240 Population
73.7 square miles 355.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 51.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,546 ±$2,589 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $46,684 ±$1,039
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,034 ±$5,825 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sussex County: $81,497 ±$1,512
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17% ±4.5% (4,401  ±1,194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.1 minutes ±2.3 (322,640  ±38,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,990 ±568 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 106,441 ±1,143
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (25,949  ±1,563) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±2.3% (293  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sussex County: 4.2% † 1,831 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,846 ±562 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 151,799 ±115
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$278,800 ±$24,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $382,600 ±$6,986
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±2.8% (2,408  ±723.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±3.4% (15,201  ±984.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±2.4% (3,401  ±466.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.1% ±1.9% (1,870  ±516) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 8.4% 21,392
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1.9% (1,600  ±397) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,600 Total veterans ±397 1,444 Male ±396 156 Female ±95

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