Bridgeville vs Delmar

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeville and Delmar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bridgeville has the higher population (2,661 vs 2,386 in Delmar). Bridgeville has the higher median household income ($69,631 vs $61,344 in Delmar). Bridgeville has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $222,700 in Delmar).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeville	Delmar
Population	2,661	2,386
Median age	63.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,631	$61,344
Median home value	$397,400	$222,700
Median gross rent	$942	$875
Housing units	1,315	908
Homeownership rate	73.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeville	Delmar
Population	3,137 → 2,661 (-15.2%)	1,808 → 2,386 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,631 (+39.3%)	$40,398 → $61,344 (+51.8%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $397,400 (+43.7%)	$148,100 → $222,700 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $942 (+52.4%)	$774 → $875 (+13.0%)

Bridgeville

Population

3,1372,661

Median household income

$50,000$69,631

Median home value

$276,500$397,400

Median gross rent

$618$942

Delmar

Population

1,8082,386

Median household income

$40,398$61,344

Median home value

$148,100$222,700

Median gross rent

$774$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeville	Delmar
Under 5	7.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	7.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	34.7%	9.8%
75 and over	12.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeville	Delmar
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	59.3%
Black or African American	22.7%	25.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeville	Delmar
No high school diploma	12.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeville	Delmar
Drove alone	73.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeville	Delmar
1-unit, detached	73.7%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	13.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeville	Delmar
Poverty rate	12.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	2005	1992