Hockessin is home to 13,439 people in Delaware. That is roughly 102% ahead of the Delaware median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 66% of adults have a four-year degree. Renters pay $3,500+ a month at the median. Owners hold 90% of the housing stock. Households take in $171,204 a year at the median, 108% more than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $171,204, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
66% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 27%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hockessin
What changed most since 2000
Median home value (2024 dollars)$448,674 → $568,800(+27%)US over the same years: +71%
Hockessin's population equals 2.3% of New Castle County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 0.4% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 4.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)4.7%(28)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.7%(69)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era65.7%(388)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.1%(24)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.2%(19)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 591 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Hockessin, decade by decade
Hockessin population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
12,902
$183,703
$448,674
58.0%
28.7
2010
13,527
$180,280
$641,459
60.6%
37.4
2020
13,478
$186,507
$552,811
68.2%
51.7
2024
13,439
$171,204
$568,800
66.3%
48.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
