Bellefonte vs Delaware City

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefonte and Delaware City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delaware City has the higher population (1,976 vs 1,507 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $78,333 in Delaware City). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $245,500 in Delaware City).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
Population	1,507	1,976
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$78,333
Median home value	$275,200	$245,500
Median gross rent	$1,531	$1,420
Housing units	660	734
Homeownership rate	66.9%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
Population	1,173 → 1,507 (+28.5%)	1,771 → 1,976 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$79,063 → $86,667 (+9.6%)	$61,141 → $78,333 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$226,300 → $275,200 (+21.6%)	$189,700 → $245,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,531 (+42.0%)	$1,068 → $1,420 (+33.0%)

Bellefonte

Population

1,1731,507

Median household income

$79,063$86,667

Median home value

$226,300$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,531

Delaware City

Population

1,7711,976

Median household income

$61,141$78,333

Median home value

$189,700$245,500

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
Under 5	8.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.1%
75 and over	3.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	74.3%
Black or African American	17.9%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
Drove alone	67.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
1-unit, detached	81.4%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Delaware City
Poverty rate	6.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1940	1962