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Seaford, Delaware Economy Profile

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 Seaford, Delaware United States
StateDelaware
CitySeaford
Total population6,699 281,421,906
Male2,928138,053,563
Female3,771143,368,343
Median age (years)37.535.3
Total households2,629105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)28,40241,994

Seaford, Delaware Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Seaford, Delaware, 20.79% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Thirteen point five one percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Seaford, Delaware. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Seaford, Delaware is as follows: four point seven one percent.

In Seaford, Delaware government workers account for eleven point three seven percent of workers. Eighty-four point zero five percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Seaford, Delaware is equal to twenty-eight thousand, four hundred and two dollars while median family income is thirty-nine thousand, six hundred and eighty-eight dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Seaford, Delaware are thirty thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-three thousand, four hundred and ninety dollars.

zero of families in Seaford, Delaware are below poverty line (total population in Seaford, Delaware is six thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine). There are two hundred and thirty-three families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Seaford, Delaware resident is thirty-seven point five years old.

 Seaford, Delaware %, Seaford, Delaware United States
Population 16 years and over4,937  217,168,077
In labor force2,532 51.29%63.92%
- Civilian labor force2,532 51.29%63.39%
- - Employed2,251 45.59%59.73%
- - Unemployed281 5.69%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force11.1  5.8
- Armed Forces0  0.53%
Not in labor force2,405 48.71%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over2,920 59.15%51.66%
In labor force1,300 26.33%29.72%
- Civilian labor force1,300 26.33%29.65%
- - Employed1,143 23.15%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years540 10.94%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force354  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over2,211  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone1,684 76.16%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled274 12.39%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)93 4.21%4.73%
Walked88 3.98%2.93%
Other means37 1.67%1.19%
Worked at home35 1.58%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)19.1 0.86%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over2,251  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations636 28.25%33.65%
Service occupations353 15.68%14.86%
Sales and office occupations570 25.32%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations16 0.71%0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations235 10.44%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations441 19.59%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining59 2.62%1.87%
Construction167 7.42%6.78%
Manufacturing436 19.37%14.1%
Wholesale trade50 2.22%3.6%
Retail trade274 12.17%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities90 4.0%5.2%
Information25 1.11%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing114 5.06%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services106 4.71%9.3%
Educational, health and social services468 20.79%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services304 13.51%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)76 3.38%4.87%
Public administration82 3.64%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers1,892 84.05%78.47%
Government workers256 11.37%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business103 4.58%6.63%
Unpaid family workers0  0.31%
 Seaford, Delaware %, Seaford, Delaware United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households2,515  105,539,122
Less than $10,000528 20.99%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999250 9.94%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999386 15.35%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999293 11.65%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999388 15.43%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999434 17.26%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999179 7.12%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,99957 2.27%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,9990  2.2%
$200,000 or more0  2.37%
Median household income (dollars)28,402  41,994
With earnings1,747 35.39%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)33,397  56,604
With Social Security income949 19.22%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,974  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income123 2.49%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)4,733  6,320
With public assistance income196 3.97%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)4,781  3,032
With retirement income541 10.96%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)13,902  17,376
 
Families1,575  72,261,780
Less than $10,000267 16.95%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,99973 4.63%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999216 13.71%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999172 10.92%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999281 17.84%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999359 22.79%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999157 9.97%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,99950 3.17%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,9990  2.75%
$200,000 or more0  2.92%
Median family income (dollars)39,688  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)15,022  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers30,467  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers23,490  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families346  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years282 81.5%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years148 42.77%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present233  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years209 89.7%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years75 32.19%42.27%
 
Individuals1,657  33,899,812
18 years and over992 59.87%65.35%
- 65 years and over146 8.81%9.7%
Related children under 18 years655 39.53%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years363 21.91%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over446 26.92%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.