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A town of 8,214.
Wilmington Manor gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $241K, 2.6 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. It grades A− overall, 7th of 37 graded towns in Delaware. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Wilmington Manor is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Wilmington Manor is home to Wilmington University. 22% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wilmington Manor, below both the Delaware town median (35%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%).
Where Wilmington Manor beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Delaware), ordered by how far Wilmington Manor is from typical.
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Census counts: 10,134 in 1970, 8,162 in 2020. The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wilmington Manor. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw29 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw36 mi MuseumLynnewood HallUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
Wilmington Manor is unincorporated, so New Castle County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Wilmington Manor.
Wilmington Manor carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Delaware (mostly inland flooding), gets more snow than almost anywhere else in Delaware and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Delaware towns, with expected losses of about $122 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Wilmington Manor has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 1989. Expected losses in Wilmington Manor break down as 44% from inland flooding and 24% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The Colonial School District runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read (George) Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 662 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within DE on state tests and graduation
The Wilmington New Castle Co Ap weather station records that 20 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, the highest of 79 Delaware places with climate records. January nights average 25°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 81% of Delaware places with climate records; July afternoons average 87.2°.
The peak summer temperature for Wilmington Manor comes to 87°F.
| Wilmington Manor | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 87°F | 87°F | 85°F |
| January low | 25°F | 25°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based in Wilmington Manor grew to 2,937 in 2023, 368 more than in 2013. Only 3% of working residents stay in Wilmington Manor for work; the rest commute out. The mean commuting time locally is 22 minutes. Half commute less than 5 miles.
| Wilmington Manor | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5.2% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 15% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. For Wilmington Manor, the density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Wilmington Manor | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 10% | 16% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chelsea Manor Park | 0.5 mi | 12 |
| 2. Wilmington Manor Gardens Park | — | 10 |
| 3. Lt. Szczerba Memorial Park at Penn Acres | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Of 32 CDC measures, Wilmington Manor beats the Delaware average on 3 and trails it on 8. 30% of Wilmington Manor adults get no exercise outside work.
| Wilmington Manor | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 81% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wilmington Manor | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.6% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.2% | 6.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 13% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 2.6 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 97% of Delaware towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
Wilmington Manor’s midpoint rent is $1,155 a month. Homes sold in Wilmington Manor spent a median 33 days on the market. The share of households in Wilmington Manor who are owner-occupiers: 75%.
| Wilmington Manor | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 75% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,155 a month | $1,441 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Wilmington Manor
About 6 of every 100 Wilmington Manor residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Delaware.
Census-designated place in Delaware, United States
Wilmington Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) in north-eastern New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wilmington Manor had a population of 8,162.
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One town shares a border with Wilmington Manor.
| Town | DE rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Manor | #7 | A− | A− | — | C | B− |
| New Castle | #17 | B− | B− | D | C | B+ |
Wilmington Manor reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Wilmington Manor with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Wilmington Manor grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #7 of 37 in Delaware. It grades B− for health and C for schools.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $241,000, 41% below the Delaware typical home.
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