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Sussex County

County in Delaware. 255,626 residents. 2,425 km² of land (936 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$1,238USD per month, ± $42

Delaware $1,401, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$723 ± $179
1 bedroom$892 ± $116
2 bedrooms$1,209 ± $75
3 bedrooms$1,346 ± $89
4 bedrooms$1,585 ± $182
5 or more bedrooms$3,125 ± $1,646

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$382,600USD, ± $6,986

Delaware $352,000, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$457,051
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$499,506
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$444,520
Mobile homes$136,462

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$26.48$1,059$4,589USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

Delaware $34.80$1,392$6,032, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $17.48$699$3,0292024: $26.48$1,059$4,589

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

94,273jobs

2014: 71,5412024: 94,273

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Accommodation and food services$13.83$553$2,39614,617712
Health care and social assistance$33.35$1,334$5,78114,175653
Retail trade$18.35$734$3,18113,4461,070
Manufacturing$27.53$1,101$4,77111,376137
Construction$31.00$1,240$5,3736,274753
Administrative and support and waste management services$24.68$987$4,2775,961412
Professional, scientific, and technical services$47.48$1,899$8,2293,485664
Other services (except public administration)$21.13$845$3,6623,038558
Finance and insurance$46.38$1,855$8,0382,387275
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$15.15$606$2,6262,124124
Wholesale trade$42.48$1,699$7,3621,881231
Real estate and rental and leasing$30.10$1,204$5,2171,546363
Information$53.78$2,151$9,321615121
Educational services$20.23$809$3,50637946
Management of companies and enterprises$61.43$2,457$10,64721523
Transportation and warehousingwithheldwithheld208
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and huntingwithheldwithheld15
Utilitieswithheldwithheld15
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionwithheldwithheld5

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

6,411establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

25.1per 1,000 residents

Delaware 29.1, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See Delaware

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See Delaware

People

Population

255,626people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

105.4people per km²

Delaware 202.3, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

13.0%% of people aged 5 and over

Delaware 15.1%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only87.0%211,818 ± 1,316
Spanish9.3%22,621 ± 972
French, Haitian or Cajun1.1%2,627 ± 664
Other Indo-European languages0.8%1,963 ± 416
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.4%984 ± 312
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages0.3%696 ± 283
Other and unspecified languages0.3%614 ± 251
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%513 ± 204
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)0.2%486 ± 245
German or other West Germanic languages0.2%473 ± 179
Vietnamese0.1%297 ± 186
Arabic0.1%257 ± 221
Korean0.1%139 ± 74

2020–2024. Of 243,488 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.