Dagsboro vs Greenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Dagsboro and Greenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood has the higher population (1,800 vs 1,350 in Dagsboro). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($72,063 vs $64,250 in Dagsboro). Dagsboro has the higher median home value ($285,000 vs $230,000 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
Population	1,350	1,800
Median age	37.7 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,250	$72,063
Median home value	$285,000	$230,000
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,318
Housing units	583	684
Homeownership rate	79.2%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
Population	986 → 1,350 (+36.9%)	1,225 → 1,800 (+46.9%)
Median household income	$62,206 → $64,250 (+3.3%)	$50,357 → $72,063 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$213,900 → $285,000 (+33.2%)	$156,300 → $230,000 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,315 (+21.2%)	$1,068 → $1,318 (+23.4%)

Dagsboro

Population

9861,350

Median household income

$62,206$64,250

Median home value

$213,900$285,000

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,315

Greenwood

Population

1,2251,800

Median household income

$50,357$72,063

Median home value

$156,300$230,000

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
Under 5	4.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	5.9%
75 and over	16.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	42.3%
Black or African American	7.7%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
No high school diploma	20.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	37.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
Drove alone	88.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	65.4%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	21.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dagsboro	Greenwood
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1981	1992