ZIP 19701 · Bear
Who lives in ZIP code 19701 (Bear, DE): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Bear, DE · New Castle County
uszips 2026
People42,984
Median age42.1
Household income$111,198
Home value$370,791
Median rent$1,827/mo
Poverty7.0%
College degree+36.1%
Commute28 min
Place
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Wider region
- Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Metro division
- Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 625 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 16,599
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
15.3% are 65 or older; 80.3% are adults.
Household income
56.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $51,200.
Education (adults 25+)
51.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
10.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 53.1%
- Never married
- 31.6%
- Divorced
- 10.4%
- Widowed
- 4.9%
- Family size
- 3.01
- Dual-income families
- 60.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 80.5%
- Rent burden
- 27.8%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 70.8%
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
- Self-employed
- 8.6%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 34.2%
- Veterans
- 6.3%
- With a disability
- 12.2%
- No health insurance
- 6.3%
- Limited English
- 3.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.