City safety & data profile

DelawareOH

Delaware, OH is a 38K-resident city in Delaware County with a median household income of $99,786.

Delaware County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Delaware, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Delaware has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $318,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

38K
Population (place)
Top 28%
By size
$99,786
Median income (place)
$318,400
Median home (place)
7.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Delaware

Delaware posts a median household income higher than 69% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 recent safety alerts are on record and 1 hospital serves the Delaware area.

Top 31%
by median income, US cities
2
safety alerts on record
1
hospital in & near Delaware

Where Delaware income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$99,786 Top 31% higher than 69% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Delaware $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Delaware, OH beyond the headline numbers

Delaware sits inside Delaware County, Ohio, at roughly 40.30°N, -83.07°W. Population 37,995, $99,786 median household income. Median home value $318,400, median rent $1,286. Poverty rate 7.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Delaware, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.8%, poverty in Delaware, OH runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Delaware costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

19% of Delaware workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.4% in Delaware, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Delaware from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
37,995
Delaware · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$99,786
+12% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$318,400
-23% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Delaware County): Delaware's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
227K+27%
Median Income
$133,540+49%
Median Home Value
$445,500+81%
Poverty Rate
4.7%-4%
Unemployment
3%-32%

Economics

Economics indicators for Delaware, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,286/mo
Poverty Rate
7.8% -37% vs avg
Unemployment 2.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47.8%
Work From Home 19%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 81.1%
African American 4.5%
Asian 5.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
33.7%
Short Sleep Duration
33.3%
High Blood Pressure
30.9%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Binge Drinking
19.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
16%
Current Smoking
12.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.1%
Current Asthma
10.3%
Diabetes
10.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.6%
Annual Checkup 80%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.3%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
DELAWARE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Delaware? 2

Weather Alerts high

Winter Storm Warning Issued for New Castle and Kent Counties; Up to 14 Inches of Snow Expected

NOAA ·
Weather Alerts high

Coastal Flood Warning Issued for Kent and Sussex Counties in Delaware

NOAA ·

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-DELAWARE · Delaware

Delaware: 47 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 47 on record
  • WX-LED 98% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset
  • RANK-MID #31 tagged volume

Tagged alert mix: Delaware

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 47 tagged notices on record for Delaware.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ11)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Delaware; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (47 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Delaware, OH? ▼
Delaware, OH has a population of 37,995 people, located in Delaware County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Delaware? ▼
The median household income in Delaware, OH is $99,786 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.8%.
What is the median home value in Delaware? ▼
The median home value in Delaware, OH is $318,400. Median rent is $1,286/month.
What are the top health concerns in Delaware? ▼
The top health indicators in Delaware include Obesity (33.7%), Short Sleep Duration (33.3%), High Blood Pressure (30.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Delaware? ▼
Delaware has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Delaware? ▼
The median age in Delaware, OH is 36.9 years. 47.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Delaware, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (7.8% here).

Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% Torrance, CA 7.8% Round Rock, TX 7.8% Nashua, NH 7.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($99,786 here).

Orangevale, CA $99,832 Santaquin, UT $99,837 Silver Spring, MD $99,860 Pittsburg, CA $99,861

Compare Delaware with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Lewis Center, OH 11K Powell, OH 13K Dublin, OH 45K Worthington, OH 14K Westerville, OH 38K Hilliard, OH 34K Marion, OH 36K Upper Arlington, OH 35K
All cities in Ohio → Compare Delaware vs Lewis Center → All comparisons → Browse all cities

Using Delaware's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Delaware area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Delaware against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Delaware County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.