ZIP 19809 · Wilmington
Who lives in ZIP code 19809 (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
People14,311
Median age38.6
Household income$81,288
Home value$311,428
Median rent$1,495/mo
Poverty12.2%
College degree+43.4%
Commute25 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
- 818 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 6,121
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.8% are 65 or older; 75.3% are adults.
Household income
38.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $49,340.
Education (adults 25+)
44.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 44.0%
- Never married
- 34.0%
- Divorced
- 16.2%
- Widowed
- 5.8%
- Family size
- 3.02
- Dual-income families
- 47.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 74.1%
- Rent burden
- 31.4%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 66.6%
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
- Self-employed
- 10.0%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 30.4%
- Veterans
- 7.0%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- No health insurance
- 2.2%
- Limited English
- 0.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.