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Delaware City city, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Delaware City city is a Census city of 1,950 people across 1.86 square miles of land, in New Castle County. Median household income is $85,395, 73.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $936,700.
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Delaware City
What Delaware City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.86 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,048 plus or minus 219
- County holding the largest share of its areaNew Castle County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Delaware City
- Population1,950 plus or minus 408
- Median age40.4
- Population under 18441 plus or minus 103
- Share under 1822.6 percent
- Population 65 and over383 plus or minus 97
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent
- Households714
- Family households445 plus or minus 92
- Share of households that are families62.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Delaware City
- Median household income$85,395
- Per capita income$39,091
- Civilian labor force1,028 plus or minus 265
- Employed951 plus or minus 257
- Unemployed77 plus or minus 43
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over1,315 plus or minus 273
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent plus or minus 26.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.8 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Delaware City
- Housing units747
- Occupied units714
- Vacant units33 plus or minus 20
- Vacancy rate4.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied521
- Renter occupied193 plus or minus 56
- Ownership rate73.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$266,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,511
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units586
- Share single family78.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more59 plus or minus 48
- Share in buildings of two or more7.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes102 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Delaware City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute814 plus or minus 247
- Commuting under 15 minutes74 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more409 plus or minus 185
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.2 percent plus or minus 16.9
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled2.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home12.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Delaware City (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$936,700
- Average approval$234,175
- Median approval$269,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
New Castle County, not Delaware City
New Castle County context, not Delaware City figures
These are New Castle County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Delaware City measurements.
- Establishments in New Castle County17,855
- Employment at those establishments, New Castle County306,745
- Covered employment, New Castle County303,806
- Average annual pay, New Castle County$80,334
- Average weekly wage, New Castle County$1,545
- Housing units permitted, New Castle County1,586
- Of those, single family, New Castle County1,364
- County product, 2024, New Castle County$75,963,832,000
- County product change over the prior year, New Castle County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, New Castle County$78,585
Every figure in this section is published for New Castle County as a whole and is not a measurement of Delaware City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Delaware City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Delaware City, Delaware?
1,950, in 714 households. Delaware City city covers 1.86 square miles of land, which is 1,048 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Delaware City in?
New Castle County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Delaware City?
$85,395. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $266,900. Median gross rent is $1,511 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Delaware City businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $936,700, across 4 lenders, median approval $269,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Delaware City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Delaware City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Delaware City. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Delaware City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for New Castle County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Delaware City.
Is zoning published for Delaware City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.