PlainZIP

Port Penn, DE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Port Penn, DE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 252. 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 PORT-PENN-DE · Port Penn, DE 1 ZIPs · 252 pop · #12688/25278 · New Castle County

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

  • INC-MID $71,282
  • RANK-MID #12688/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under New Castle
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 252
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $369,300

Nearest income peer: New Castle, DE (+ $4,121 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 Port Penn

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Port Penn 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, Port Penn, DE sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
252
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,282
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 19731 (252 residents). Household income $71,282 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Delaware, Georgetown is the closest lower-income city and Viola the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Port Penn.

Population concentration

Port Penn's single ZIP 19731 carries the town

Port Penn is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 19731 is the entire residential footprint (252 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Port Penn's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 77 employees , annual payroll $2,677k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 19731 (5 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Port Penn, DE

These ZIP codes sit in New Castle County, which covers 29 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Port Penn. See the New Castle County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing New Castle County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Port Penn, Wilmington, Newark and New Castle among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hockessin marks the far end of that range at $172,696, 142% above Port Penn.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
19731 252 $71,282 5 102
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Port Penn 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 Port Penn, .