Ranking of Delaware Cities and Places By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Delaware cities and places, Bellefonte town had the highest population density per square mile (6.91K people per sqr mile), followed by Wilmington city (6.51K people per sqr mile), and Elsmere town (6.31K people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Slaughter Beach town had the lowest population density per square mile (153.60 people per sqr mile), followed by Lincoln CDP (317.12 people per sqr mile), and Port Penn CDP (400.50 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 Delaware cities and places with high population density, and the table below shows the population density of all Delaware cities and places.
You can also see this information for other states, as well as the ranking of all cities and places in the United States.
| Rank | Place | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bellefonte town | 6912.79 |
| 2 | Wilmington city | 6507.30 |
| 3 | Elsmere town | 6313.74 |
| 4 | Wilmington Manor CDP | 4994.53 |
| 5 | Claymont CDP | 4601.22 |
| 6 | Pike Creek Valley CDP | 4073.10 |
| 7 | Bear CDP | 3986.65 |
| 8 | Brookside CDP | 3857.54 |
| 9 | Dover Base Housing CDP | 3742.10 |
| 10 | Edgemoor CDP | 3458.79 |
| 11 | Newark city | 3245.94 |
| 12 | Pike Creek CDP | 2903.89 |
| 13 | Townsend town | 2622.01 |
| 14 | Ardencroft village | 2544.32 |
| 15 | Kent Acres CDP | 2524.94 |
| 16 | Rodney Village CDP | 2522.25 |
| 17 | Highland Acres CDP | 2339.87 |
| 18 | Blades town | 2122.28 |
| 19 | Smyrna town | 2065.50 |
| 20 | Clayton town | 2033.80 |
| 21 | Little Creek town | 1963.43 |
| 22 | Newport town | 1951.48 |
| 23 | Middletown town | 1855.91 |
| 24 | Milton town | 1842.38 |
| 25 | Arden village | 1726.35 |
| 26 | Felton town | 1683.67 |
| 27 | Dover city | 1664.81 |
| 28 | Wyoming town | 1605.11 |
| 29 | New Castle city | 1596.03 |
| 30 | Seaford city | 1562.75 |
| 31 | Glasgow CDP | 1540.29 |
| 32 | Woodside East CDP | 1499.89 |
| 33 | Georgetown town | 1420.61 |
| 34 | St. Georges CDP | 1419.20 |
| 35 | Magnolia town | 1415.70 |
| 36 | Laurel town | 1397.22 |
| 37 | Harrington city | 1385.52 |
| 38 | Millsboro town | 1343.15 |
| 39 | Hockessin CDP | 1342.29 |
| 40 | Hartly town | 1289.56 |
| 41 | Farmington town | 1265.16 |
| 42 | Greenwood town | 1247.00 |
| 43 | Kenton town | 1220.09 |
| 44 | North Star CDP | 1184.32 |
| 45 | Rising Sun-Lebanon CDP | 1148.18 |
| 46 | Ellendale town | 1146.47 |
| 47 | Milford city | 1135.70 |
| 48 | Woodside town | 1131.77 |
| 49 | Greenville CDP | 1110.29 |
| 50 | Long Neck CDP | 1093.53 |
| 51 | Ardentown village | 1089.52 |
| 52 | Frankford town | 1083.82 |
| 53 | Dewey Beach town | 1067.26 |
| 54 | Delmar town | 1066.54 |
| 55 | Cheswold town | 1046.36 |
| 56 | Fenwick Island town | 1035.20 |
| 57 | Delaware City city | 1013.10 |
| 58 | Houston town | 994.22 |
| 59 | Camden town | 991.75 |
| 60 | Ocean View town | 950.52 |
| 61 | Rehoboth Beach city | 942.62 |
| 62 | South Bethany town | 896.74 |
| 63 | Bowers town | 892.58 |
| 64 | Bethany Beach town | 830.81 |
| 65 | Selbyville town | 803.55 |
| 66 | Viola town | 790.35 |
| 67 | Lewes city | 787.89 |
| 68 | Odessa town | 721.55 |
| 69 | Millville town | 715.12 |
| 70 | Riverview CDP | 680.71 |
| 71 | Frederica town | 616.30 |
| 72 | Dagsboro town | 604.82 |
| 73 | Leipsic town | 599.63 |
| 74 | Henlopen Acres town | 544.42 |
| 75 | Bethel town | 542.60 |
| 76 | Bridgeville town | 532.63 |
| 77 | Port Penn CDP | 400.50 |
| 78 | Lincoln CDP | 317.12 |
| 79 | Slaughter Beach town | 153.60 |