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Long Neck, Delaware.

A community in Sussex County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Sussex County’s.

Living in Long Neck, Sussex County, Delaware

Long Neck, in Sussex County, had 3,017 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $56,745 a year and half less, against $81,497 across Sussex County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Sussex County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sussex County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,017 in the 2020 census; median age 67.1
Household income $56,745 the median, give or take $10,156 · Sussex County: $81,497
Unemployment 4.5% Sussex County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 1,235households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute

What people in Sussex County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Manufacturing9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sussex County had 96,307 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 30°; warmest in July, 88° and 71° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 46° 30° F M A M J J 88° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 30°; warmest in July, 88° and 71° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 46° 30° F M A M J J 88° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 71°. About 10 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lewes weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Sussex County

  1. Mountaire Farms of DelawarePoultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing2,631
  2. Beebe Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,107FTE
  3. Mountaire FarmsPoultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing2,090
  4. Allen HarimPoultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing2,081
  5. Indian River School DistrictSchool district1,492FTE
  6. Perdue FoodsPoultry processing1,267
  7. Cape Henlopen School DistrictSchool district1,156FTE
  8. Bayhealth Hospital Sussex CampusGeneral hospital861FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 165 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 25,437 people in all across the county; Long Neck has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of Long NeckRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Long NeckRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Long Neck’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sussex County.