Edgemoor vs New Castle

A side-by-side comparison of Edgemoor and New Castle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgemoor has the higher population (6,671 vs 5,519 in New Castle). New Castle has the higher median household income ($92,565 vs $79,572 in Edgemoor). Edgemoor has the higher median home value ($291,000 vs $262,100 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Edgemoor	New Castle
Population	6,671	5,519
Median age	40.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,572	$92,565
Median home value	$291,000	$262,100
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,675
Housing units	3,326	2,855
Homeownership rate	56.1%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgemoor	New Castle
Population	6,934 → 6,671 (-3.8%)	5,242 → 5,519 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$56,576 → $79,572 (+40.6%)	$68,211 → $92,565 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$184,700 → $291,000 (+57.6%)	$194,300 → $262,100 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,412 (+27.2%)	$1,320 → $1,675 (+26.9%)

Edgemoor

Population

6,9346,671

Median household income

$56,576$79,572

Median home value

$184,700$291,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,412

New Castle

Population

5,2425,519

Median household income

$68,211$92,565

Median home value

$194,300$262,100

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgemoor	New Castle
Under 5	8.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	20.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	23.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.5%
75 and over	5.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgemoor	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	64.5%
Black or African American	45.2%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgemoor	New Castle
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgemoor	New Castle
Drove alone	67.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.3%
Public transit	7.1%	2.2%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.8%	18.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgemoor	New Castle
1-unit, detached	37.1%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	22.7%	15.4%
20 or more units	23.2%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgemoor	New Castle
Poverty rate	16.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1957	1963