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Elsmere town, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Elsmere town is a Census town of 6,203 people across 0.99 square miles of land, in New Castle County. Median household income is $67,944, 65.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Elsmere
What Elsmere is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.99 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,287
- 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.
Elsmere
How many people live in Elsmere
- Population6,203
- Median age35.5
- Population under 181,688 plus or minus 446
- Share under 1827.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Population 65 and over774 plus or minus 193
- Share 65 and over12.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households2,238
- Family households1,430
- Share of households that are families63.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elsmere
Income and work in Elsmere
- Median household income$67,944 plus or minus $19,241
- Per capita income$30,532
- Civilian labor force3,058
- Employed2,910
- Unemployed148 plus or minus 89
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over4,123
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elsmere
Housing in Elsmere
- Housing units2,301
- Occupied units2,238
- Vacant units63 plus or minus 50
- Vacancy rate2.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied1,471
- Renter occupied767 plus or minus 184
- Ownership rate65.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$225,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,339
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Single family units1,704
- Share single family74.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more597 plus or minus 198
- Share in buildings of two or more25.9 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elsmere
How Elsmere gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,569
- Commuting under 15 minutes478 plus or minus 148
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more767 plus or minus 238
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.9 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone79.9 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport3.1 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Castle County, not Elsmere
New Castle County context, not Elsmere 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 Elsmere 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 Elsmere. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Elsmere questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Elsmere, Delaware?
6,203, in 2,238 households. Elsmere town covers 0.99 square miles of land, which is 6,287 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Elsmere 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 Elsmere?
$67,944. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,800. Median gross rent is $1,339 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Elsmere 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 Elsmere.
Is zoning published for Elsmere?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.