ZIP 19802 · Wilmington
Who lives in ZIP code 19802 (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
People26,051
Median age36.8
Household income$53,812
Home value$196,370
Median rent$1,227/mo
Poverty22.0%
College degree+26.5%
Commute22 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
- 2,887 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 10,478
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
14.9% are 65 or older; 79.2% are adults.
Household income
28.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,661.
Education (adults 25+)
40.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 26.8%
- Never married
- 54.1%
- Divorced
- 14.1%
- Widowed
- 5.0%
- Family size
- 3.37
- Dual-income families
- 55.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 48.5%
- Rent burden
- 38.3%
- Men / women
- 51% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 65.0%
- Unemployment
- 8.9%
- Self-employed
- 7.8%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 18.8%
- Veterans
- 5.3%
- With a disability
- 16.4%
- No health insurance
- 7.1%
- Limited English
- 1.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.