Delmar vs Millville

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

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

Delmar has the higher population (2,386 vs 2,059 in Millville). Millville has the higher median household income ($93,409 vs $61,344 in Delmar). Millville has the higher median home value ($453,400 vs $222,700 in Delmar).

Population, income & housing

	Delmar	Millville
Population	2,386	2,059
Median age	34.7 yrs	65.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,344	$93,409
Median home value	$222,700	$453,400
Median gross rent	$875	$1,730
Housing units	908	1,778
Homeownership rate	65.4%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmar	Millville
Population	1,808 → 2,386 (+32.0%)	1,755 → 2,059 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$40,398 → $61,344 (+51.8%)	$68,816 → $93,409 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $222,700 (+50.4%)	$334,500 → $453,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $875 (+13.0%)	$1,533 → $1,730 (+12.9%)

Delmar

Population

1,8082,386

Median household income

$40,398$61,344

Median home value

$148,100$222,700

Median gross rent

$774$875

Millville

Population

1,7552,059

Median household income

$68,816$93,409

Median home value

$334,500$453,400

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delmar	Millville
Under 5	8.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	2.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	43.5%
75 and over	9.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmar	Millville
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	25.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmar	Millville
No high school diploma	11.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmar	Millville
Drove alone	81.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmar	Millville
1-unit, detached	54.3%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	36.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Delmar	Millville
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.71	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1992	—