Delaware City vs Townsend

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

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

Townsend has the higher population (2,792 vs 1,976 in Delaware City). Townsend has the higher median household income ($153,083 vs $78,333 in Delaware City). Townsend has the higher median home value ($433,400 vs $245,500 in Delaware City).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware City	Townsend
Population	1,976	2,792
Median age	40.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,333	$153,083
Median home value	$245,500	$433,400
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,208
Housing units	734	797
Homeownership rate	74.4%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware City	Townsend
Population	1,771 → 1,976 (+11.6%)	2,434 → 2,792 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$61,141 → $78,333 (+28.1%)	$119,417 → $153,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$189,700 → $245,500 (+29.4%)	$331,500 → $433,400 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,420 (+33.0%)	$1,591 → $1,208 (-24.1%)

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

Townsend

Population

2,4342,792

Median household income

$119,417$153,083

Median home value

$331,500$433,400

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware City	Townsend
Under 5	2.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	25.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	24.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	3.4%
75 and over	4.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware City	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	38.0%
Black or African American	8.1%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware City	Townsend
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	44.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware City	Townsend
Drove alone	83.5%	57.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	28.0%
Other means	0.8%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware City	Townsend
1-unit, detached	66.3%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.6%
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	Townsend
Poverty rate	10.0%	1.9%
Average household size	2.79	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1962	2006