Bridgeville vs Long Neck

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

Bridgeville and Long Neck 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 2,372 in Long Neck). Bridgeville has the higher median household income ($69,631 vs $55,508 in Long Neck). Bridgeville has the higher median home value ($397,400 vs $174,000 in Long Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
Population	2,661	2,372
Median age	63.2 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,631	$55,508
Median home value	$397,400	$174,000
Median gross rent	$942	$872
Housing units	1,315	2,435
Homeownership rate	73.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
Population	3,137 → 2,661 (-15.2%)	2,487 → 2,372 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $69,631 (+39.3%)	$58,702 → $55,508 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $397,400 (+43.7%)	$72,900 → $174,000 (+138.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $942 (+52.4%)	$1,365 → $872 (-36.1%)

Bridgeville

Population

3,1372,661

Median household income

$50,000$69,631

Median home value

$276,500$397,400

Median gross rent

$618$942

Long Neck

Population

2,4872,372

Median household income

$58,702$55,508

Median home value

$72,900$174,000

Median gross rent

$1,365$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
Under 5	7.8%	0.5%
5 to 17	7.8%	6.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	2.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	23.4%
65 to 74	34.7%	33.9%
75 and over	12.7%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	22.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
No high school diploma	12.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.0%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
Drove alone	73.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
1-unit, detached	73.7%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	66.2%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeville	Long Neck
Poverty rate	12.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.13	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2005	2002