ZIP 19801 · Wilmington
Who lives in ZIP code 19801 (Wilmington, DE): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Wilmington, DE · New Castle County
uszips 2026
People16,327
Median age35.3
Household income$52,810
Home value$189,014
Median rent$1,192/mo
Poverty25.4%
College degree+29.2%
Commute24 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
- 1,434 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 8,150
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
9.9% are 65 or older; 80.4% are adults.
Household income
24.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $32,383.
Education (adults 25+)
42.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
10.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 21.0%
- Never married
- 58.9%
- Divorced
- 15.7%
- Widowed
- 4.4%
- Family size
- 3.02
- Dual-income families
- 51.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 30.6%
- Rent burden
- 31.8%
- Men / women
- 46% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 69.4%
- Unemployment
- 8.6%
- Self-employed
- 8.4%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 13.0%
- Veterans
- 4.3%
- With a disability
- 17.4%
- No health insurance
- 6.7%
- Limited English
- 3.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.