Ellendale, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Ellendale town is a very small community in Delaware, with 675 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #58 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 26% of them. The median age here is 15.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Ellendale town earn a median of $66,875 a year, 14.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ellendale town is valued at $223,700, 26.3% below the national figure and 20% below the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,272 a month, 9.5% below the national figure, or roughly $15,264 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.8% 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 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.

A median age of 15.6 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 675 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Ellendale town against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.