Elsmere, Delaware Demographics

Elsmere is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Foreign born residents

Elsmere is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Elsmere is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Elsmere is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Elsmere is 4th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Two or More

Elsmere is 6th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - White

Elsmere is 6th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Elsmere is 6th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Elsmere is 8th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Income below poverty line

Elsmere is 9th in Delaware out of 10 other cities in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	6,156	9th	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1.0	20th	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6,094.4	2nd	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	6th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	12th	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.2%	15th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.2%	18th	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.5%	19th	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	69.6%	6th	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.1%	15th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	2nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	13th	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	19th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.8%	4th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	2nd	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	59.7%	12th	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	52.1%	13th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	17.3%	2nd	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	2,664	18th	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.2%	6th	17.5%	25.9%
Households	2,413	18th	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.0%	14th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$180,900	19th	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	11th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$23,850	14th	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$48,634	15th	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.7%	8th	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Elsmere	Rank	Delaware	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	410	17th	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$23,261	17th	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,072	10th	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,983	17th	$1,910,770	$613,795,732