Cheswold vs Woodside East

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

Cheswold and Woodside East 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 1,680 in Woodside East). Cheswold has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $57,938 in Woodside East). Woodside East has the higher median home value ($351,900 vs $290,500 in Cheswold).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswold	Woodside East
Population	1,833	1,680
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$57,938
Median home value	$290,500	$351,900
Median gross rent	$860	$891
Housing units	652	922
Homeownership rate	92.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswold	Woodside East
Population	1,483 → 1,833 (+23.6%)	2,427 → 1,680 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $75,000 (+56.9%)	$61,406 → $57,938 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $290,500 (+270.1%)	$87,900 → $351,900 (+300.3%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $860 (-9.3%)	$935 → $891 (-4.7%)

Cheswold

Population

1,4831,833

Median household income

$47,813$75,000

Median home value

$78,500$290,500

Median gross rent

$948$860

Woodside East

Population

2,4271,680

Median household income

$61,406$57,938

Median home value

$87,900$351,900

Median gross rent

$935$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswold	Woodside East
Under 5	6.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	18.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.4%
75 and over	9.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswold	Woodside East
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	43.5%
Black or African American	38.8%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.7%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	24.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswold	Woodside East
No high school diploma	11.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswold	Woodside East
Drove alone	71.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	9.7%
Public transit	1.1%	3.3%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.1%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswold	Woodside East
1-unit, detached	52.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheswold	Woodside East
Poverty rate	7.8%	8.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2008	1994