New Castle

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Delaware

New Castle is a major-metro county in Delaware with 29 ZIP codes, 533,487 people, and top-decile household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.

National county placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, New Castle, DE sits among US counties with a top-decile household income, on a major-metro county population base, across a multi-ZIP patchwork.

Top 6%
household income vs 3,210 US counties
533,487
combined ZIP population
29
USPS ZIP codes covered
$102,468
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.

New Castle lands in the national county income distribution as top-decile household income on major-metro county footing (FIPS 10003, 29 ZIPs, combined population 533,487). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.

High-income counties with wide ZIP mosaics hide sharp internal gradients. The densest ZIP here is 19720 (New Castle) with 59,250 residents - open it beside a thin rural code from the table before treating the county mean as uniform. HUD Fair Market Rents and FBI county tables attach to FIPS 10003, so scorecards stay county-keyed while household income stays ZIP-keyed.

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29

Total ZIPs

533,487

Total Population

ZIP Codes in New Castle

Side-by-side: Compare 19720 vs 19702 →

ZIP Code City Population Density
19720 New Castle 59,250 617
19702 Newark 51,899 708
19711 Newark 51,322 724
19805 Wilmington 40,937 2,971
19701 Bear 39,194 569
19808 Wilmington 38,442 1,061
19709 Middletown 35,107 170
19713 Newark 30,408 858
19810 Wilmington 25,011 1,223
19802 Wilmington 24,621 2,997
19803 Wilmington 21,364 655
19804 Wilmington 17,944 927
19707 Hockessin 16,483 482
19801 Wilmington 16,286 1,521
19703 Claymont 14,471 1,424
19809 Wilmington 14,049 775
19734 Townsend 11,651 58
19806 Wilmington 9,560 1,915
19807 Wilmington 7,405 146
19717 Newark 3,770 7,834
19706 Delaware City 1,822 191
19716 Newark 1,568 11,520
19730 Odessa 451 127
19731 Port Penn 252 102
19733 Saint Georges 110 1,036
19710 Montchanin 41 142
19736 Yorklyn 32 93
19732 Rockland 25 15
19735 Winterthur 12 24

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the population of New Castle?

New Castle has a total population of 533,487 across 29 ZIP codes, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 data.

What ZIP codes are in New Castle?

New Castle includes 29 ZIP codes: 19720, 19702, 19711, 19805, 19701, 19808, 19709, 19713, 19810, 19802, and more.

New Castle's figures come from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023), mapped to ZIP codes via the HUD USPS Crosswalk. PlainZIP is not affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau or any government agency. See our methodology for details.

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