Cheswold vs Felton

A side-by-side comparison of Cheswold and Felton: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheswold and Felton are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cheswold has the higher population (1,833 vs 1,129 in Felton). Cheswold has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $62,000 in Felton). Cheswold has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $276,800 in Felton).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswold	Felton
Population	1,833	1,129
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$62,000
Median home value	$290,500	$276,800
Median gross rent	$860	$884
Housing units	652	580
Homeownership rate	92.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswold	Felton
Population	1,483 → 1,833 (+23.6%)	1,355 → 1,129 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $75,000 (+56.9%)	$66,071 → $62,000 (-6.2%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $290,500 (+270.1%)	$191,300 → $276,800 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $860 (-9.3%)	$859 → $884 (+2.9%)

Cheswold

Population

1,4831,833

Median household income

$47,813$75,000

Median home value

$78,500$290,500

Median gross rent

$948$860

Felton

Population

1,3551,129

Median household income

$66,071$62,000

Median home value

$191,300$276,800

Median gross rent

$859$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswold	Felton
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	18.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.1%
75 and over	9.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswold	Felton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	74.0%
Black or African American	38.8%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswold	Felton
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswold	Felton
Drove alone	71.1%	83.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	2.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswold	Felton
1-unit, detached	52.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cheswold	Felton
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2008	1995