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St. Georges, Delaware.

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

Living in St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware

St. Georges, in New Castle County, had 1,957 people in the 2020 census. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. Unemployment in New Castle County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in New Castle County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 1,957 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in St. Georges for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.9% New Castle County, August 2026; 5.5% a year before
Homes 96% lived in by their owners; 4% rented
  • 497households
  • 0%below the poverty line
  • 32 mintypical commute

What people in New Castle County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Banks, insurance and property12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Manufacturing7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. New Castle County had 306,171 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 41° and 26°; warmest in July, 87° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 41° 26° F M A M J J 87° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 41° and 26°; warmest in July, 87° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 41° 26° F M A M J J 87° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 68°. About 20 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wilmington New Castle County Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in New Castle County

  1. 50 ChristianaGeneral medical and surgical hospitals11,886
  2. University of DelawareUniversity or college5,081
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage4,363
  4. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,902
  5. Hatzel & Buehler, Inc. - STEElectrical contractors2,245
  6. Christina School DistrictSchool district2,219FTE
  7. Alfred I Dupont Hosp for ChildrenChildren's hospital2,142FTE
  8. Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictSchool district2,116FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 443 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 72,630 people in all across the county; St. Georges has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. DroughtRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in St. Georges’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 New Castle County.