Pay and cost of living in New Castle County, DE
New Castle County, DE is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD labor market, and this page summarizes 98 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $55,525 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $173,470, and the lowest is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $29,800.
A one-bedroom apartment in New Castle County, DE has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,558 a month and a two-bedroom $1,860. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $25,996 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $51,400 a year, and 97 of the 98 occupations listed here (99%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside New Castle County, DE or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in New Castle County, DE
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for New Castle County, DE, set beside the Delaware and national medians.
Median household income in New Castle County, DE is $91,166, 7% above the Delaware median of $84,954 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($18,696) equals 20.5% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $55,525, is 39% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in New Castle County, DE pay a median of $2,499 a year in real estate taxes, 41% above the Delaware median of $1,768. With a median home value of $352,200, in line with the Delaware median of $352,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.71% a year.
Renters in New Castle County, DE pay a median gross rent of $1,448 a month in the Census survey, 3% above the Delaware median of $1,401. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,558; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in New Castle County, DE who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.3 minutes each way, 3% below the Delaware average of 26.0. 17.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.