Delaware

Population & Demographics

Delaware, OH

Delaware is home to 44,589 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,950 resident workers commute each day.

OhioCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
44,589
people
Population

44,589 residents

Median age 36.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Delaware population & demographics

Who lives in Delaware — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
44,589
Median age
36.9yrs
Median household income
$99,786
Median home value
$318,400
Median gross rent
$1,286/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
47.9%
Poverty rate
7.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Delaware

How Delaware breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White80.1%
Asian5.9%
Hispanic or Latino4.8%
Black4.5%
Two or more races4.2%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Delaware

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Delaware.

Delaware at a glance
Employed Residents
21,950
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
21.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Columbus
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Delaware proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Delaware commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Delaware

21,950 commutes, one dot at a time

Delaware

Where 21,950 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Delaware, by worker count.

1Columbus21.0 mi6,964
2Delaware0.0 mi3,587
3Dublin12.9 mi1,189
4Westerville13.7 mi717
5Marysville16.1 mi373
6Worthington13.9 mi309
7Hilliard18.1 mi291
8New Albany20.1 mi218

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Delaware.

1Delaware0.0 mi3,587
2Columbus21.0 mi2,055
3Marion20.7 mi626
4Marysville16.1 mi287
5Dublin12.9 mi236
6Powell8.3 mi173
7Westerville13.7 mi132
8Hilliard18.1 mi121

Top industries

The sectors that employ Delaware’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.1%
MFManufacturing14.9%
RTRetail Trade11.3%
EDEducational Services10.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.0%
PAPublic Administration7.7%
TRTransportation and Warehousing7.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Delaware

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps87%
5 Gbps87%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Delaware

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