Newark vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (71,124 vs 30,309 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($71,373 vs $55,269 in Wilmington). Newark has the higher median home value ($357,600 vs $224,500 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Wilmington
Population	30,309	71,124
Median age	22.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,373	$55,269
Median home value	$357,600	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,611	$1,187
Housing units	10,002	35,772
Homeownership rate	50.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Wilmington
Population	33,448 → 30,309 (-9.4%)	70,644 → 71,124 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$58,434 → $71,373 (+22.1%)	$45,032 → $55,269 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$277,800 → $357,600 (+28.7%)	$168,000 → $224,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,308 → $1,611 (+23.2%)	$1,001 → $1,187 (+18.6%)

Newark

Population

33,44830,309

Median household income

$58,434$71,373

Median home value

$277,800$357,600

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,611

Wilmington

Population

70,64471,124

Median household income

$45,032$55,269

Median home value

$168,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Wilmington
Under 5	2.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	45.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	29.6%
Black or African American	10.7%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Wilmington
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	16.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Wilmington
Drove alone	58.0%	62.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.1%
Public transit	2.4%	8.4%
Walked	13.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.1%	14.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	41.6%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	53.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	17.6%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Wilmington
Poverty rate	27.1%	23.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1977	1946