Delaware City vs Greenville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (3,100 vs 1,976 in Delaware City). Greenville has the higher median household income ($139,541 vs $78,333 in Delaware City). Greenville has the higher median home value ($1,003,100 vs $245,500 in Delaware City).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware City	Greenville
Population	1,976	3,100
Median age	40.2 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,333	$139,541
Median home value	$245,500	$1,003,100
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,584
Housing units	734	1,631
Homeownership rate	74.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	82.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware City	Greenville
Population	1,771 → 1,976 (+11.6%)	2,467 → 3,100 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$61,141 → $78,333 (+28.1%)	$114,022 → $139,541 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$189,700 → $245,500 (+29.4%)	$692,000 → $1,003,100 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,420 (+33.0%)	$1,365 → $1,584 (+16.0%)

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

Greenville

Population

2,4673,100

Median household income

$114,022$139,541

Median home value

$692,000$1,003,100

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,584

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware City	Greenville
Under 5	2.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.2%
75 and over	4.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware City	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	71.5%
Black or African American	8.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware City	Greenville
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	46.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware City	Greenville
Drove alone	83.5%	65.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	7.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.8%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware City	Greenville
1-unit, detached	66.3%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Delaware City	Greenville
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1962	1973