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New Castle County · Delaware

ZIP code 19707

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 19707 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
17,366

ZCTA residents

Median income
$172,161

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$534,300

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
0%

Delaware state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 19707 sits in New Castle County, Delaware and is home to 17,366 people. Median household income is $172,161, the median home is worth $534,300 and median gross rent is $2,230. 86.3% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 0% (Delaware state rate).

County
New Castle County

FIPS 10003

State
Delaware (DE)

68 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 19707

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
17,366ZIP 19707 residents
Median household income
$172,161Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$534,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$2,230Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
44.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
86.3%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 19707 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 19707 is a mid-size town in New Castle County, Delaware, with 17,366 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #21 of 68 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 44.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 ZIP 19707 earn a median of $172,161 a year, 119.2% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 19707 is valued at $534,300, 76.1% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $2,230 a month, 58.6% above the national figure, or roughly $26,760 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.3% 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.

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.

Reading ZIP 19707 in context

How 19707 sits inside New Castle County and Delaware.

ZIP 19707 is tabulated inside New Castle County, Delaware, one of 29 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 68 across Delaware. This is a mid-sized suburban ZIP inside a county that is split across many delivery areas. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 19707 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 19707 reports a median household income of $172,161, 100% above the $86,240 county median, and 116% above the $79,698 typical DE ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $534,300, 67% above the county figure and 80% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $2,230 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Delaware charges 0% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 19707.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 19707 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 19707

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
0%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$0Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$0Before any exemptions

Delaware levies 0% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
16%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
3.1×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,772/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
2%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 19707 compares

ZIP 19707 against the median ZIP in New Castle County and across Delaware.

MeasureZIP 19707County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$172,161$86,240$79,698+116%
Median home value$534,300$320,450$296,650+80%
Median gross rent$2,230$1,357$1,306+71%
Population17,36615,93610,145+71%

Medians are computed across the 29 ZIP areas in New Castle County and the 68 ZIP areas in Delaware.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 68 Delaware ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 97% of 61 state ZIPs

#2
Home value

above 90% of 62 state ZIPs

#6
Population

larger than 69% of 68 state ZIPs

#21

Comparable ZIP codes

Delaware ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
19807New Castle County$156,905$895,400$1,600
19803New Castle County$133,941$436,200$1,736
19734New Castle County$131,745$426,300$1,342
19709New Castle County$129,971$444,900$1,571
19930Sussex County$118,092$798,300$1,542
19810New Castle County$110,486$420,300$1,517

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under New Castle County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in New Castle County, Delaware.

ZIP 19707 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 19707?
ZIP 19707 lies mostly in New Castle County, Delaware. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 19707?
Delaware charges 0% statewide.
Is 19707 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $2,230 a month, about 16% of median household income, and the median home is worth $534,300 — +80% against the typical Delaware ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 19707, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.