Homeownership Rate in New Castle County, DE
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
69.0%
Rank #2,399/3,222 · #3 in DE
26th
New Castle 69.0%
DE 73.0% -5.4%
US 64.4% +7.2%
Homeownership Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Homeownership Change
National Distribution
How New Castle County's homeownership rate of 69.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 96.1%.
Distribution of Homeownership Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to New Castle County for homeownership rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,396 | Dallas County, IA | 69.0% |
| #2,397 | Zavala County, TX | 69.0% |
| #2,398 | Mitchell County, KS | 69.0% |
| #2,399 | New Castle County, DE | 69.0% |
| #2,400 | St. Joseph County, IN | 69.0% |
| #2,401 | Coffee County, TN | 69.0% |
| #2,402 | Luquillo Municipio, PR | 68.9% |
About Homeownership Rate
New Castle County, Delaware has a homeownership rate of 69.0%, ranking #2,399 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.2% above the national value of 64.4%. Within Delaware, it ranks #3 of 3. This places it in the 26th percentile nationally.
Percentage of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.