Highest poverty rate in Delaware

Delaware counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Delaware by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among cities & places, Laurel leads at 35.7%.

Cities & places

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Laurel	35.7%
2	Little Creek	27.4%
3	Newark	27.1%
4	Wilmington	23.2%
5	Milford	20.3%
6	Rodney Village	19.9%
7	Kent Acres	19.1%
8	Elsmere	18.8%
9	Seaford	18.2%
10	Dover	17.5%
11	Ellendale	16.3%
12	Edgemoor	16.1%
13	Georgetown	15.9%
14	Brookside	15.8%
15	Wyoming	14.4%
16	Slaughter Beach	14.2%
17	Houston	14.1%
18	Bridgeville	12.9%
19	Delmar	12.7%
20	Magnolia	11.5%
21	Wilmington Manor	11.0%
22	Harrington	10.9%
23	Ocean View	10.5%
24	Newport	10.3%
25	Claymont	10.2%
26	Blades	10.0%
27	Delaware City	10.0%
28	Bear	9.7%
29	Millsboro	9.6%
30	Hartly	9.4%
31	Smyrna	8.8%
32	Ardentown	8.4%
33	Woodside East	8.3%
34	Frederica	7.9%
35	Viola	7.8%
36	Cheswold	7.8%
37	Highland Acres	7.6%
38	Dagsboro	7.5%
39	Rising Sun-Lebanon	7.5%
40	Felton	7.4%
41	Dewey Beach	7.3%
42	Riverview	7.2%
43	Glasgow	7.0%
44	Rehoboth Beach	7.0%
45	Middletown	7.0%
46	Milton	6.9%
47	Millville	6.9%
48	Bellefonte	6.8%
49	Pike Creek Valley	6.5%
50	Camden	6.3%
51	Bowers	6.2%
52	Leipsic	6.0%
53	Lewes	5.8%
54	Long Neck	5.6%
55	Clayton	5.4%
56	Greenwood	5.4%
57	Frankford	5.1%
58	Arden	4.9%
59	Greenville	4.7%
60	Lincoln	4.0%
61	Selbyville	3.8%
62	Ardencroft	3.7%
63	South Bethany	3.6%
64	New Castle	3.4%
65	Woodside	2.9%
66	Bethany Beach	2.8%
67	Dover Base Housing	2.4%
68	North Star	2.4%
69	Kenton	2.2%
70	Townsend	1.9%
71	Odessa	1.5%
72	Bethel	1.4%
73	Hockessin	1.3%
74	Pike Creek	1.3%
75	Fenwick Island	1.3%
76	St. Georges	0.4%
77	Farmington	0.0%
78	Henlopen Acres	0.0%
79	Port Penn	0.0%

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