People QuickFacts Hockessin CDP Delaware Population, 2012 estimate X 917,092 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base X 897,934 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 X 2.1% Population, 2010 13,527 897,934 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.6% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.0% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 18.8% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.1% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 85.2% 68.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.9% 21.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 9.6% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.5% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.0% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 83.0% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 94.6% 85.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.2% 8.3% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.6% 12.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 97.2% 87.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 64.0% 28.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 905 77,593 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.9 24.6  Housing units, 2010 4,950 405,885 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 88.0% 73.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.9% 17.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $436,200 $244,100 Households, 2007-2011 4,617 332,837 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.78 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $57,577 $29,659 Median household income, 2007-2011 $130,193 $59,317 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 3.9% 11.2%     Business QuickFacts Hockessin CDP Delaware Total number of firms, 2007 1,491 74,573 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.6% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 34.3% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 25,679,939 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,998 5,727,401 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 142,890 14,202,083 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $16,421 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 19,593 1,910,770     Geography QuickFacts Hockessin CDP Delaware Land area in square miles, 2010 10.04 1,948.54 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,347.2 460.8 FIPS Code 35850 10 Counties New Castle County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts