Delaware · Census place 1004650

Bellefonte, Delaware

Bellefonte is a town in New Castle County, Delaware with an estimated 1,249 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,249
#30 of 33 in Delaware
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+24 people
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
6,939 / sq mi
State median 1,762
Orange pin: Bellefonte. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Dover.

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Bellefonte population, 2020 to 2024

Bellefonte added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,226. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bellefonte covers 0.18 square miles of land, for 6,939 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Bellefonte is denser than the typical town.

What county Bellefonte is in

All of Bellefonte's residents live in New Castle County, which had 588,093 residents in 2024. Bellefonte holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bellefonte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bellefonte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19809. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bellefonte is

The Census internal point of Bellefonte is at 39.766900, -75.498200. Dover, the capital, is 42.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilmington, DE (73,176 people), 2.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 25.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.766900, -75.498200
DMS
39°46'0.84"N 75°29'53.52"W
UTM
18N 457329.5E 4402004.6N
Geohash
dr461zrfu
Plus code
87F6QG82+QP

Daylight in Bellefonte

At 39.77° N, Bellefonte gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bellefonte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Wilmington, 2.8 miles away, with 73,176 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bellefonte, DE?

1,249 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (2.0%) from 1,225 in July 2020.

What county is Bellefonte in?

New Castle County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bellefonte?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19809.

How far is Bellefonte from Dover?

42.2 miles (67.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Bellefonte.

What is the nearest larger city to Bellefonte?

Wilmington, DE, with 73,176 residents, 2.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.