Delaware City vs St. Georges

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

Delaware City and St. Georges 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 1,564 in St. Georges). St. Georges has the higher median household income ($146,944 vs $78,333 in Delaware City). St. Georges has the higher median home value ($474,500 vs $245,500 in Delaware City).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware City	St. Georges
Population	1,976	1,564
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,333	$146,944
Median home value	$245,500	$474,500
Median gross rent	$1,420	—
Housing units	734	575
Homeownership rate	74.4%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware City	St. Georges
Population	1,771 → 1,976 (+11.6%)	767 → 1,564 (+103.9%)
Median household income	$61,141 → $78,333 (+28.1%)	$102,321 → $146,944 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$189,700 → $245,500 (+29.4%)	$302,500 → $474,500 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,420 (+33.0%)	—

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

St. Georges

Population

7671,564

Median household income

$102,321$146,944

Median home value

$302,500$474,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware City	St. Georges
Under 5	2.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	19.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	3.6%
75 and over	4.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware City	St. Georges
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	49.3%
Black or African American	8.1%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware City	St. Georges
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	44.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware City	St. Georges
Drove alone	83.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	18.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware City	St. Georges
1-unit, detached	66.3%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware City	St. Georges
Poverty rate	10.0%	0.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1962	2001