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Total population: 29,886 (All urban)

Newark, Delaware Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 9,310 (8,989 occupied: 4,921 owner occupied, 4,068 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	45%
State:	28%

Housing density: 1043 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $818 (lower quartile is $681, upper quartile is $1,052)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $774

Median gross rent in Newark, DE in 2007: $949

Housing units in Newark with a mortgage: 3,504 (369 second mortgage, 583 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,125

Newark,DE index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $288,066 (it was $151,800 in 2000)

Newark:	$288,066
Delaware:	$239,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $231,669 - $383,433

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $338,454
Here: $338,454
State: $335,491

Townhouses or other attached units: $216,537
Here: $216,537
State: $208,327

In 2-unit structures: $241,861
Here: $241,861
State: $347,550

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $150,767
Here: $150,767
State: $243,543

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $133,794
Here: $133,794
State: $251,311

Household type by relationship

Households: 21,829

In family households: 13,815 (3,718 male householders, 939 female householders)
3,824 spouses, 4,538 children (4,320 natural, 73 adopted, 145 stepchildren), 80 grandchildren, 162 brothers or sisters, 165 parents, 147 other relatives, 242 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 8,014 (1,912 male householders (937 living alone)), 2,390 female householders (1,488 living alone)), 3,712 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 6,741 (144 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,117 2-persons, 1,123 3-persons, 884 4-persons, 362 5-persons, 151 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,425 1-person, 855 2-persons, 469 3-persons, 487 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 21 6-persons.

2,643 married couples with children.
678 single-parent households (127 men, 551 women).

88.8% of residents of Newark speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 2,116 (7.4%)
(28.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.6
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Newark, Delaware:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 15 3 rooms: 79 4 rooms: 122 5 rooms: 371 6 rooms: 794 7 rooms: 900 8 rooms: 1,335 9 or more rooms: 1,305

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Newark, Delaware:
	1 room: 105 2 rooms: 496 3 rooms: 1,128 4 rooms: 828 5 rooms: 757 6 rooms: 317 7 rooms: 225 8 rooms: 159 9 or more rooms: 53

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 127
1995 to 1998: 498
1990 to 1994: 875
1980 to 1989: 1,167
1970 to 1979: 1,704
1960 to 1969: 2,532
1950 to 1959: 1,183
1940 to 1949: 428
1939 or earlier: 796

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Newark:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 103 2 bedrooms: 346 3 bedrooms: 1,844 4 bedrooms: 2,319 5 or more bedrooms: 309

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Newark:
	no bedroom: 113 1 bedroom: 1,556 2 bedrooms: 1,444 3 bedrooms: 578 4 bedrooms: 324 5 or more bedrooms: 53

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Newark in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 91 1 vehicle: 1,297 2 vehicles: 2,398 3 vehicles: 791 4 vehicles: 257 5 or more vehicles: 87

Cars and other vehicles available in Newark in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 608 1 vehicle: 1,699 2 vehicles: 941 3 vehicles: 494 4 vehicles: 291 5 or more vehicles: 35

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Newark, DE:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 2
$40,000 to $49,999: 7
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 9
$70,000 to $79,999: 32
$80,000 to $89,999: 42
$90,000 to $99,999: 44
$100,000 to $124,999: 114
$125,000 to $149,999: 116
$150,000 to $174,999: 129
$175,000 to $199,999: 269
$200,000 to $249,999: 915
$250,000 to $299,999: 1143
$300,000 to $399,999: 1478
$400,000 to $499,999: 475
$500,000 to $749,999: 325
$750,000 to $999,999: 35
$1,000,000 or more: 19

Newark rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Newark:

Less than $100: 51 people
$100 to $149: 34
$150 to $199: 51
$200 to $249: 93
$250 to $299: 91
$300 to $349: 83
$350 to $399: 75
$400 to $449: 76
$450 to $499: 55
$500 to $549: 71
$550 to $599: 98
$600 to $649: 123
$650 to $699: 335
$700 to $749: 369
$750 to $799: 352
$800 to $899: 660
$900 to $999: 424
$1,000 to $1,249: 432
$1,250 to $1,499: 326
$1,500 to $1,999: 318
$2,000 or more: 11
No cash rent: 119

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,170 1990 to 1994: 176 1985 to 1989: 221 1980 to 1984: 160 1975 to 1979: 41 1970 to 1974: 67 1970 to 1974: 47 1965 to 1969: 234

Newark, DE Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.6%
Number of people working at home: 334 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 467
5 to 9 minutes: 2114
10 to 14 minutes: 2495
15 to 19 minutes: 2365
20 to 24 minutes: 1936
25 to 29 minutes: 932
30 to 34 minutes: 1383
35 to 39 minutes: 284
40 to 44 minutes: 395
45 to 59 minutes: 576
60 to 89 minutes: 505
90 or more minutes: 229

Newark mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,734 (69%)
Carpooled: 1,190 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 446 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
Railroad: 103 (1%)
Motorcycle: 61 (0%)
Bicycle: 219 (2%)
Walked: 1,824 (13%)
Other means: 99 (1%)
Worked at home: 334 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 975
$10,000 to $14,999: 598
$15,000 to $19,999: 432
$20,000 to $24,999: 442
$25,000 to $29,999: 454
$30,000 to $34,999: 478
$35,000 to $39,999: 514
$40,000 to $44,999: 316
$45,000 to $49,999: 353
$50,000 to $59,999: 749
$60,000 to $74,999: 803
$75,000 to $99,999: 1186
$100,000 to $124,999: 667
$125,000 to $149,999: 404
$150,000 to $199,999: 420
$200,000 or more: 168

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 3856

Italian: 3095

German: 3080

Other groups: 2984

English: 2347

Polish: 1159

United States or American: 1119

Scottish: 473

European: 404

Russian: 398

Scotch-Irish: 336

French (except Basque): 333

Swedish: 287

Greek: 234

Subsaharan African:: 227

Hungarian: 199

Norwegian: 189

African: 167

Welsh: 166

Ukrainian: 160

Lithuanian: 160

Dutch: 158

Arab:: 155

French Canadian: 114

British: 112

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 108

Slovak: 104

Austrian: 94

Bulgarian: 80

Eastern European: 77

Northern European: 72

Arab/Arabic: 66

Jamaican: 64

Czech: 62

Portuguese: 49

Turkish: 45

Danish: 38

Czechoslovakian: 37

Romanian: 36

Canadian: 33

Other Arab: 33

Lebanese: 32

Brazilian: 32

Croatian: 32

Pennsylvania German: 27

South African: 25

Armenian: 25

Belgian: 25

Israeli: 25

Swiss: 25

Serbian: 21

Haitian: 21

Ghanian: 21

Finnish: 18

Latvian: 18

Ethiopian: 14

Iranian: 13

Slavic: 13

Palestinian: 13

Scandinavian: 12

Egyptian: 11

Yugoslavian: 11

West Indian: 9

Guyanese: 9

Albanian: 8

Dutch West Indian: 8

Afghan: 8

Bermudan: 6

Luxemburger: 5

Slovene: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (20%)
India (10%)
Other Eastern Europe (7%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Canada (5%)
Korea (4%)
Germany (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 8815
Northeast: 11662
Midwest: 1460
South: 3659
West: 612

42% of Newark residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 7% lived in Delaware.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 4
Nursery to 4th grade: 6
5th and 6th grade: 22
7th and 8th grade: 59
9th grade: 39
10th grade: 76
11th grade: 30
12th grade, no diploma: 117
High school graduate (or equivalency): 871
Less than 1 year of college: 297
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 785
Associate degree: 314
Bachelor's degree: 1,818
Master's degree: 846
Professional school degree: 108
Doctorate degree: 600

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 5
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 24
7th and 8th grade: 149
9th grade: 59
10th grade: 101
11th grade: 61
12th grade, no diploma: 67
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,409
Less than 1 year of college: 355
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 785
Associate degree: 489
Bachelor's degree: 1,893
Master's degree: 848
Professional school degree: 119
Doctorate degree: 243

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 13.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 11.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 15.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 20.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 47.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 12.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $60,617
Black householders: $36,113
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $52,142
Asian householders: $47,438
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $69,672
Some other race householders: $12,352
Two or more races householders: $32,191
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $40,136

Newark household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Newark household income for Black householders

Newark household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Newark household income for Asian householders

Newark household income for Some other race householders

Newark household income for Two or more races householders

Newark household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Newark marital status for males

Newark marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $291,861
Black or African American householders: $251,251
Asian householders: $376,307
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $260,929
Some other race householders: $260,929
Two or more races householders: $274,592
Hispanic or Latino householders: $262,067

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,776
One, attached: 1,276
Two: 190
3 or 4: 388
5 to 9: 383
10 to 19: 1,269
20 to 49: 569
50 or more: 453
Mobile homes: 6

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Newark:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (74%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (47%) Electricity (36%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%) Other fuel (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 419

Here:	25.9%
Delaware:	17.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 163

Here:	21.0%
Delaware:	14.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,464

Here:	12.9%
Delaware:	21.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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