![]() The median income for a household in the CDP was $100,844, and the median income for a family was $108,784. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.13. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 4,464 households, out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.3% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.4% were non-families. From 1990 to 2016, the population of Hockessin has grown by about 35%. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.0% of the population. The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.8% White, 2.7% African American, 0.2% Native American, 7.2% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.5% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. There were 4,575 housing units at an average density of 456.3 per square mile (176.2/km 2). The population density was 1,286.7 inhabitants per square mile (496.8/km 2). Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.0 square miles (26 km 2), of which 10.0 square miles (26 km 2) is land and 0.10% is water.ĭemographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, there were 12,902 people, 4,464 households, and 3,731 families residing in the CDP. The community is near the northwestern border of Delaware, within 1.2 mi (1.9 km) of the Pennsylvania border on the east bank of Mill Creek. John the Evangelist Church, the Daniel Nichols house, and the Cox/Phillips/Mitchell Agricultural Complex. ![]() More recently added sites to the National Register of Historic Places include: Tweed's Tavern, the home of Negro league baseball player James "Nip" Winters, Colored School #107C, St. 29, Springer Farm, and Wilmington and Western Railroad are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ![]() Armstrong Farm, Coffee Run Mission Site, Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse, T. Missionary priests from Maryland established the Coffee Run Mission in 1790. The first Roman Catholic church in Delaware was located in Hockessin. And the road to the Hockessin Meeting House, currently Old Wilmington Road, was written as Ockession Road on a map in 1808. The earliest known use of the word Occasion was in 1734 in a property deed for this property. The actual name is believed to be derived from one of the first settled properties which was named Occasion and settled by William Cox in 1726 and also the location of the first Quaker meetings in the area before Hockessin Meeting House was built a few years later. There was no town name Hockessin and the area was referred to as Mill Creek Hundred. While the word Hockessin does look like a Native American word, the name Hockessin did not show up on any early maps until many years after the Hockessin Meeting House was built and what is now the Village of Hockessin was never settled by the Native Americans, while they did have a hunting camp nearby. There is a second and more likely origin for the name. The village was named after the Lenape word hokes, meaning good bark or good bark hill. Hockessin came into existence as a little village in 1688 when several families settled in the area. The population was 13,478 at the 2020 Census. Hockessin ( / ˈ h oʊ k ɛ s ɪ n/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
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