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Wilmington city, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Wilmington city is a Census city of 71,727 people across 10.90 square miles of land, in New Castle County. Median household income is $58,671, 48.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 336 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $140.6 m.
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Wilmington
What Wilmington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.9 sq mi
- Water area6.29 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,583
- 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.
Wilmington
How many people live in Wilmington
- Population71,727
- Median age37.0
- Population under 1815,058
- Share under 1821.0 percent
- Population 65 and over11,083
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent
- Households31,655
- Family households15,028
- Share of households that are families47.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmington
Income and work in Wilmington
- Median household income$58,671
- Per capita income$40,332
- Civilian labor force38,612
- Employed35,788
- Unemployed2,824 plus or minus 571
- Unemployment rate7.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over50,535
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wilmington
- Housing units35,514
- Occupied units31,655
- Vacant units3,859
- Vacancy rate10.9 percent
- Owner occupied15,205
- Renter occupied16,450
- Ownership rate48.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$231,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,224
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units22,459
- Share single family63.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13,012
- Share in buildings of two or more36.6 percent
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1946
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wilmington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute29,267
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,018
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,174
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.9 percent
- Drove alone61.3 percent
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport7.7 percent
- Walked5.1 percent
- Worked from home16.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmington
SBA loans in Wilmington (7(a))
- Approvals336
- Gross approval$140,626,000
- Average approval$418,530
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,013,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported3,310
- Jobs per approval9.9
- Loans with a final outcome55
- Paid in full43
- Charged off12
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans21.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.0 percent
- Share to franchises8.0 percent
- Distinct lenders51
- Distinct industries by NAICS141
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wilmington
SBA loans in Wilmington (504)
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$23,176,000
- Average approval$891,385
- Median approval$414,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported324
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
New Castle County, not Wilmington
New Castle County context, not Wilmington 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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington. 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
Wilmington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wilmington, Delaware?
71,727, in 31,655 households. Wilmington city covers 10.90 square miles of land, which is 6,583 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wilmington 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 Wilmington?
$58,671. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $231,400. Median gross rent is $1,224 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wilmington businesses?
336 7(a) approvals totalling $140.6 m, across 51 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 26 504 approvals worth $23.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wilmington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wilmington borrowers get paid back?
Of the 55 loans that have reached a final outcome, 43 were paid in full and 12 charged off, a charge off rate of 21.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Wilmington 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 Wilmington.
Is zoning published for Wilmington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.