Cheswold vs Rodney Village

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

Cheswold and Rodney Village 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 1,318 in Rodney Village). Cheswold has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $40,341 in Rodney Village). Cheswold has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $161,500 in Rodney Village).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
Population	1,833	1,318
Median age	46.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$40,341
Median home value	$290,500	$161,500
Median gross rent	$860	$1,151
Housing units	652	556
Homeownership rate	92.1%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
Population	1,483 → 1,833 (+23.6%)	1,304 → 1,318 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $75,000 (+56.9%)	$40,000 → $40,341 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $290,500 (+270.1%)	$135,300 → $161,500 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $860 (-9.3%)	$972 → $1,151 (+18.4%)

Cheswold

Population

1,4831,833

Median household income

$47,813$75,000

Median home value

$78,500$290,500

Median gross rent

$948$860

Rodney Village

Population

1,3041,318

Median household income

$40,000$40,341

Median home value

$135,300$161,500

Median gross rent

$972$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
Under 5	6.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	19.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	18.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.5%
75 and over	9.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	40.3%
Black or African American	38.8%	48.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
No high school diploma	11.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
Drove alone	71.1%	63.8%
Carpooled	13.0%	19.3%
Public transit	1.1%	11.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	10.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
1-unit, detached	52.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	34.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cheswold	Rodney Village
Poverty rate	7.8%	19.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	2008	1963