Greenwood vs Long Neck

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

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

Long Neck has the higher population (2,372 vs 1,800 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($72,063 vs $55,508 in Long Neck). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $174,000 in Long Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Long Neck
Population	1,800	2,372
Median age	32.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,063	$55,508
Median home value	$230,000	$174,000
Median gross rent	$1,318	$872
Housing units	684	2,435
Homeownership rate	43.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Long Neck
Population	1,225 → 1,800 (+46.9%)	2,487 → 2,372 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$50,357 → $72,063 (+43.1%)	$58,702 → $55,508 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $230,000 (+47.2%)	$72,900 → $174,000 (+138.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,318 (+23.4%)	$1,365 → $872 (-36.1%)

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

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)

	Greenwood	Long Neck
Under 5	12.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	6.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	2.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	33.9%
75 and over	2.1%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Long Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	27.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Long Neck
No high school diploma	17.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	33.5%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Long Neck
Drove alone	73.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	18.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	14.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Long Neck
1-unit, detached	50.4%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	66.2%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Long Neck
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.77	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1992	2002