What is the population of Dagsboro town?

Dagsboro town has 1,350 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 79 in Delaware.

What is the median household income in Dagsboro town?

Median household income in Dagsboro town is $64,250 a year, 18.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dagsboro town?

Median gross rent is $1,315 a month and the median home value is $285,000, so rent absorbs about 24.6% of median household income.

Is Dagsboro town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dagsboro town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dagsboro, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dagsboro, Delaware (Dagsboro, DE — Census place “Dagsboro town”) is 1,350 residents, ranking #50 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $64,250, the median home is worth $285,000 and median gross rent runs $1,315 a month. Looking for the Dagsboro Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dagsboro, DE: 19939.

Population: 1,350Dagsboro town residents
Median household income: $64,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $285,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,315Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.2%Owner-occupied households

Dagsboro ZIP codes (Delaware)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dagsboro.

The Dagsboro DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

19939

What the numbers mean in Dagsboro town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dagsboro town median would spend about 24.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 79.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dagsboro town, DE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dagsboro town is a small town in Delaware, with 1,350 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #50 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 37.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Dagsboro town earn a median of $64,250 a year, 18.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dagsboro town is valued at $285,000, 6.1% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,315 a month, 6.5% below the national figure, or roughly $15,780 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 79.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dagsboro town?: Dagsboro town has 1,350 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 79 in Delaware.
What is the median household income in Dagsboro town?: Median household income in Dagsboro town is $64,250 a year, 18.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dagsboro town?: Median gross rent is $1,315 a month and the median home value is $285,000, so rent absorbs about 24.6% of median household income.
Is Dagsboro town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dagsboro town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dagsboro town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.