Delta vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Delta and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

Delta and New Market are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Market has the higher population (826 vs 687 in Delta). Delta has the higher median household income ($67,386 vs $41,364 in New Market). Delta has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $160,200 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	New Market
Population	687	826
Median age	33.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,386	$41,364
Median home value	$201,400	$160,200
Median gross rent	$1,036	$742
Housing units	337	406
Homeownership rate	54.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	New Market
Population	591 → 687 (+16.2%)	732 → 826 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $67,386 (+38.2%)	$38,750 → $41,364 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $201,400 (+25.4%)	$129,300 → $160,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,036 (+3.1%)	$683 → $742 (+8.6%)

Delta

Population

591687

Median household income

$48,750$67,386

Median home value

$160,600$201,400

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,036

New Market

Population

732826

Median household income

$38,750$41,364

Median home value

$129,300$160,200

Median gross rent

$683$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	New Market
Under 5	12.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	19.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	24.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.2%
75 and over	5.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	64.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	New Market
No high school diploma	16.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	New Market
Drove alone	75.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	3.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	New Market
1-unit, detached	60.8%	25.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	24.9%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delta	New Market
Poverty rate	7.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	40	22
Median year structure built	1938	1975