Elsmere vs Wilmington Manor

A side-by-side comparison of Elsmere and Wilmington Manor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilmington Manor has the higher population (8,030 vs 6,189 in Elsmere). Elsmere has the higher median household income ($76,378 vs $72,346 in Wilmington Manor). Wilmington Manor has the higher median home value ($220,400 vs $210,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
Population	6,189	8,030
Median age	33.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,378	$72,346
Median home value	$210,200	$220,400
Median gross rent	$1,305	$1,120
Housing units	2,396	3,545
Homeownership rate	65.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
Population	5,943 → 6,189 (+4.1%)	7,903 → 8,030 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$61,275 → $76,378 (+24.6%)	$57,153 → $72,346 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $210,200 (+20.3%)	$172,800 → $220,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,305 (+26.1%)	$1,073 → $1,120 (+4.4%)

Elsmere

Population

5,9436,189

Median household income

$61,275$76,378

Median home value

$174,700$210,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,305

Wilmington Manor

Population

7,9038,030

Median household income

$57,153$72,346

Median home value

$172,800$220,400

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
Under 5	9.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.1%
75 and over	5.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	40.0%
Black or African American	16.4%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
No high school diploma	17.4%	19.3%
High school graduate	35.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
Drove alone	79.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.2%
Public transit	3.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	12.1%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
1-unit, detached	39.2%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elsmere	Wilmington Manor
Poverty rate	18.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1955	1958