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An editorial illustration of Millville, Delaware
Sussex County · Delaware incorporated municipality

Millville, DE

Projected to grow to 6,631 residents by 2050, a 196% increase from the current municipal estimate.

Population
2,237
DPC official estimate
Local jobs
850
LODES workplace jobs
Median income
$99,776
ACS 5-year estimate
School locations
0
FirstMap site count
City overview

The forces shaping Millville now.

A missing measure is unavailable coverage, not zero or an absence claim.

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Population outlook

Millville's long-range population path stands out.

The Delaware Population Consortium projects 6,631 residents in 2050, a 196% change from its 2024 municipal estimate. This is a planning projection, not an observed outcome.

2024 estimate: 2,237 · 2050 projection: 6,631

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2050 ↗.
02
Housing

The recent permit record points to visible residential pressure.

217 residential units appear in the current building-permit record, or 97 units per 1,000 residents.

Permit units: 217 · Per 1,000 residents: 97

Source: de building permits · 2024 ↗.
03
People

Millville has a distinct household profile.

95% of occupied homes are owner-occupied in the latest population and housing record.

Owner-occupied: 95%

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗.
04
Daily life

Millville has a well-stocked restaurants directory.

19 listed restaurants locations appear inside the boundary—directory records, not a ranking or completeness claim.

Restaurants: 19

Source: Overture Maps Foundation, checked 2026-08-19.0.
People

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

Population uses Delaware's official Population Consortium estimate, which does not carry the ACS survey's sampling error for small places. Households and other figures below remain ACS survey estimates.

Population
2,237

Delaware Population Consortium official estimate

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2024 ↗
2050 population projection
6,631

Planning projection, not an observed outcome

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2050 ↗
Households
1,291
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median age
65
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median household income
$99,776
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Bachelor's degree or higher
44%

Among residents age 25 and older. ±11% margin of error.

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Population composition

Residents by Census category

Each share uses the total Millville population as its denominator. Hispanic or Latino may be of any race; the other broad categories are non-Hispanic. Detailed Asian-alone groups use a separate Census race table.

White, non-Hispanic88%
Hispanic or Latino8%
Black, non-Hispanic1%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic1%
Filipino1%

Sources: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗; census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗. Positive detailed Asian estimates are shown in this same composition list; published zeroes are omitted and are not proof of absence. Small differences may be within ACS survey uncertainty.

Source: dpc projections 2024 · 2024 ↗. ACS estimates cover a five-year survey period; margin of error is reported where provided.

Work

What work is located inside Millville?

LODES counts jobs by workplace location, not the industries of residents or a named-employer roster. The sector mix can show the shape of the local job base, not dependence on individual companies.

Jobs by sector

Latest LODES workplace-job estimates. Shares use the total local job count. Commuter-flow context (who works here vs. lives here) is intentionally omitted until the Delaware panel can identify scoped destinations without overstating cross-border precision — see real work-destination distances in the Mobility section below.

Retail255
Hospitality142
Healthcare & social assistance102
Construction / real estate97
Administrative & support79
Professional services45

Source: lodes8 wac de 2023 · 2023 ↗.

Housing

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure visible?

Housing estimates describe existing conditions. Permit and development records signal reported activity, not starts, completions, or a complete construction census.

Owner-occupied
95%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median owner value
$494,500
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Vacancy rate
37%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Two-bedroom rent benchmark
$1,498
Source: hud fmr 2027 · 2027 ↗
Owner-home values

A Census estimate, not a market price

These estimates cover owner-occupied homes only. They are not listings, sales, appraisals, or an all-homes measure; the final Census band is open-ended at $2M+.

Median estimate$494,500
Middle half of homes$405,400–$629,300Lower to upper quartile of owner estimates
Luxury-home concentration0%Estimated at $2M+
Under $500k52%
$500–749k45%
$750–999k3%
$1–1.49M0%
$1.5–1.99M0%
$2M+0%

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗.

Existing housing mix

Detached homes65%
Attached homes33%
Small multifamily0%
5+ unit multifamily0%
Mobility

What is the scheduled supply—and how do workers usually commute?

GTFS measures scheduled service at stops within the boundary. It is not ridership, reliability, or a guarantee that a particular trip is practical. ACS commute modes are a separate survey estimate.

Typical drive times

About how long does it take to get where people go?

Work destinations are selected from observed resident job flows. These are broad, reviewed planning ranges from representative parts of Millville—not live-traffic or door-to-door predictions.

Ocean View

Ocean View is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Millville, representing 12% of matched resident jobs from this place.

5–20 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Lewes

Lewes is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Millville, representing 11% of matched resident jobs from this place.

35–70 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Bethany Beach

Bethany Beach is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Millville, representing 11% of matched resident jobs from this place.

10–30 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Millville

Millville is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Millville, representing 9% of matched resident jobs from this place.

5–20 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Method, review date, and sources

Planning estimate; actual time varies by departure time, route, traffic, weather, incidents, and closures.

Estimates are derived from reviewed origin/destination coordinates using the same documented distance-to-time heuristic as the Washington pilot (circuity factor and assumed effective speed by corridor type and period), then deliberately widened and rounded to a broad band. No live routing or traffic API was called. Two methodology differences from the Washington pilot, both disclosed: each place uses a single Census TIGER internal point as its representative origin rather than three job-weighted directional sample origins, and work destinations are selected from Delaware's own place-to-place LODES flow file rather than block-level clustering—out-of-state commute flows (aggregated to the Pennsylvania/Maryland/New Jersey state level in that source) are excluded because a state has no single routable coordinate.

Estimates reviewed 2026-09-12. Starting point: Millville representative point.

City boundary and regional context● nearby places
Daily life

Institutions and listed activity inside the boundary.

These are bounded inventories, not measures of access, enrollment, foot traffic, or the full local business economy. People routinely use services across place lines.

Local field guide

Places for everyday needs in Millville

Care, errands, food, fitness, and personal services gathered into one browsable directory.

Counts reflect current directory records associated with the city, not a complete business census or a measure of access. Large categories show a sample.

Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), snapshot 2026-08-13; Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-08-19.0; U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (NPPES NPI Registry), snapshot 2026-09-12.

The schools inside Millville.

Institution counts and enrollment remain separate. A school can serve students from outside the place, and residents may attend a school across the boundary or elsewhere in their district.

Public elementary0

None in the current FirstMap place-boundary match.

Public middle0

None in the current FirstMap place-boundary match.

Public high0

None in the current FirstMap place-boundary match.

Public-school names and grade levels come from Delaware Department of Education / Delaware FirstMap ↗.

Civic

Who represents Millville today?

State House and Senate districts are drawn independently of municipal boundaries, so a place can span more than one district per chamber.

State legislature

Reflects the current Delaware FirstMap district snapshot; a vacancy, resignation, or mid-term appointment can lag this by a few weeks.

Source: Delaware General Assembly / City of Wilmington, via Delaware FirstMap, checked 2026-09-12.

Millville's own government

Delaware has no single statewide directory of every town's mayor, council, and meeting schedule the way Washington's MRSC covers all 82 cities there, so Metroscope does not yet show a roster for Millville. Its official town site is the current-best source for that.

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