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Cheswold, DE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cheswold, DE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 302. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CHESWOLD-DE · Cheswold, DE 1 ZIPs · 302 pop · #24573/25278 · Kent County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $34,135
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24573/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Houston
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 302
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $110,400

Nearest income peer: Houston, DE (+ $26,210 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Cheswold

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cheswold on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cheswold, DE sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
302
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$34,135
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($34,135 average) · poverty 11.2%. The primary code (19936) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cheswold as a pure owner town.

Within Delaware, Kenton is the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Its 1 ZIP footprint is the immediate statewide comparison for Cheswold.

Population concentration

Cheswold reads through its lone ZIP, 19936

302 ACS residents, one ZIP: 19936 is not the leading code inside Cheswold, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Cheswold's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 11 establishments, 138 employees , annual payroll $7,642k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 19936 (11 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Cheswold, DE

These ZIP codes sit in Kent County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cheswold. See the Kent County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Kent County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Cheswold, Dover, Smyrna and Camden Wyoming among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Magnolia marks the far end of that range at $104,260, 205% above Cheswold.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
19936 302 $34,135 11 514
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Cheswold roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cheswold, .