Frederica vs Houston

A side-by-side comparison of Frederica and Houston: population, income, housing, and more.

Frederica and Houston are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Frederica has the higher population (972 vs 456 in Houston). Houston has the higher median household income ($100,208 vs $70,288 in Frederica). Houston has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $216,700 in Frederica).

Population, income & housing

	Frederica	Houston
Population	972	456
Median age	27.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,288	$100,208
Median home value	$216,700	$265,600
Median gross rent	$1,133	$1,050
Housing units	399	223
Homeownership rate	75.1%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frederica	Houston
Population	967 → 972 (+0.5%)	452 → 456 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$47,554 → $70,288 (+47.8%)	$54,554 → $100,208 (+83.7%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $216,700 (+44.5%)	$166,900 → $265,600 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,133 (-0.5%)	$1,188 → $1,050 (-11.6%)

Frederica

Population

967972

Median household income

$47,554$70,288

Median home value

$150,000$216,700

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,133

Houston

Population

452456

Median household income

$54,554$100,208

Median home value

$166,900$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frederica	Houston
Under 5	6.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	24.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	4.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	22.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frederica	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	86.0%
Black or African American	16.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.7%
Two or more races	28.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frederica	Houston
No high school diploma	14.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frederica	Houston
Drove alone	83.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frederica	Houston
1-unit, detached	88.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Frederica	Houston
Poverty rate	7.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1976	1942