Magnolia vs Viola

A side-by-side comparison of Magnolia and Viola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Magnolia has the higher population (237 vs 102 in Viola). Magnolia has the higher median household income ($116,667 vs $62,361 in Viola). Viola has the higher median home value ($267,300 vs $208,900 in Magnolia).

Population, income & housing

	Magnolia	Viola
Population	237	102
Median age	53.8 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$116,667	$62,361
Median home value	$208,900	$267,300
Median gross rent	$1,313	—
Housing units	106	49
Homeownership rate	77.8%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magnolia	Viola
Population	337 → 237 (-29.7%)	147 → 102 (-30.6%)
Median household income	$59,107 → $116,667 (+97.4%)	$99,375 → $62,361 (-37.2%)
Median home value	$132,700 → $208,900 (+57.4%)	$205,600 → $267,300 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,313 (+22.6%)	$1,344 → $1,328 (-1.2%)

Magnolia

Population

337237

Median household income

$59,107$116,667

Median home value

$132,700$208,900

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,313

Viola

Population

147102

Median household income

$99,375$62,361

Median home value

$205,600$267,300

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Magnolia	Viola
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.2%	4.9%
55 to 64	19.8%	20.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	28.4%
75 and over	11.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magnolia	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	30.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magnolia	Viola
No high school diploma	8.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magnolia	Viola
Drove alone	84.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	20.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magnolia	Viola
1-unit, detached	82.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Magnolia	Viola
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938