Metro · Density Score
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ
Metro area in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey
53 Combined score #33 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 74 #10 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 37 #57 of 109
Wilmington ranks #33 overall, #57 in Startup & VC and #10 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #7 of 109: $119K GDP per person
- #8 of 109: +565 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
- #17 of 109: 353 STEM degrees per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $0.04M #105 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.19 #96 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- Not available
- GDP per person
- $119K #7 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 43 #28 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 353 #17 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.1% #41 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +565 #8 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $6.8B
- The Chemours Company $5.8B
- W. L. Gore & Associates $5.3B
- Incyte Corporation $5.1B
- Qnity Electronics, Inc. $4.8B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
