Cheswold vs Kent Acres

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

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

Kent Acres has the higher population (2,540 vs 1,833 in Cheswold). Cheswold has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $71,848 in Kent Acres). Cheswold has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $213,400 in Kent Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
Population	1,833	2,540
Median age	46.3 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$71,848
Median home value	$290,500	$213,400
Median gross rent	$860	$1,641
Housing units	652	965
Homeownership rate	92.1%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
Population	1,483 → 1,833 (+23.6%)	2,519 → 2,540 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $75,000 (+56.9%)	$44,750 → $71,848 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $290,500 (+270.1%)	$212,800 → $213,400 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $860 (-9.3%)	$1,194 → $1,641 (+37.4%)

Cheswold

Population

1,4831,833

Median household income

$47,813$75,000

Median home value

$78,500$290,500

Median gross rent

$948$860

Kent Acres

Population

2,5192,540

Median household income

$44,750$71,848

Median home value

$212,800$213,400

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
Under 5	6.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	14.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	18.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.7%
75 and over	9.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	33.9%
Black or African American	38.8%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.4%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	23.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
No high school diploma	11.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
Drove alone	71.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
1-unit, detached	52.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheswold	Kent Acres
Poverty rate	7.8%	19.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	2008	1981