Hockessin, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Hockessin CDP is a mid-size town in Delaware, with 13,608 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #8 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 45.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Hockessin CDP earn a median of $172,695 a year, 119.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 130% above 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 1.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hockessin CDP is valued at $550,200, 81.3% above the national figure and 96% above the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,980 a month, 111.9% above the national figure, or roughly $35,760 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 91.4% 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. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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.