Delaware · Census place 1008680
Bridgeville, Delaware
Bridgeville is a town in Sussex County, Delaware with an estimated 2,909 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,909
- #21 of 33 in Delaware
- Change since 2020
- +13.0%
- +335 people
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Density
- 601 / sq mi
- State median 1,762
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Bridgeville population, 2020 to 2024
Bridgeville added 335 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.0%. In the latest year it moved by +74.
Bridgeville covers 4.84 square miles of land, for 601 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Bridgeville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bridgeville is in
All of Bridgeville's residents live in Sussex County, which had 271,134 residents in 2024. Bridgeville holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bridgeville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bridgeville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19933. 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 Bridgeville is
The Census internal point of Bridgeville is at 38.725200, -75.602800. Dover, the capital, is 30.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seaford, DE (8,952 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 67.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.725200, -75.602800
- DMS
- 38°43'30.72"N 75°36'10.08"W
- UTM
- 18N 447601.0E 4286454.9N
- Geohash
- dqfhr9ewx
- Plus code
- 87C6P9GW+3V
Daylight in Bridgeville
At 38.73° N, Bridgeville gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bridgeville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Seaford, 4.7 miles away, with 8,952 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bridgeville, DE?
2,909 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 335 (13.0%) from 2,574 in July 2020.
What county is Bridgeville in?
Sussex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bridgeville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19933.
How far is Bridgeville from Dover?
30.2 miles (48.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Bridgeville.
What is the nearest larger city to Bridgeville?
Seaford, DE, with 8,952 residents, 4.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.