ZIP 19706 · Delaware City
Who lives in ZIP code 19706 (Delaware City, DE): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Delaware City, DE · New Castle County
uszips 2026
People2,038
Median age40.4
Household income$83,681
Home value$248,230
Median rent$1,511/mo
Poverty6.1%
College degree+23.6%
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
- 311 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 758
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.3% are 65 or older; 78.4% are adults.
Household income
32.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $42,222.
Education (adults 25+)
29.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
10.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 51.2%
- Never married
- 29.8%
- Divorced
- 12.2%
- Widowed
- 6.9%
- Family size
- 3.42
- Dual-income families
- 47.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 74.5%
- Rent burden
- 28.4%
- Men / women
- 54% / 46%
Work
- In labor force
- 65.4%
- Unemployment
- 7.2%
- Self-employed
- 7.8%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 21.1%
- Veterans
- 6.2%
- With a disability
- 21.0%
- No health insurance
- 4.6%
- Limited English
- 0.8%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.