Felton vs Woodside East

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

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

Woodside East has the higher population (1,680 vs 1,129 in Felton). Felton has the higher median household income ($62,000 vs $57,938 in Woodside East). Woodside East has the higher median home value ($351,900 vs $276,800 in Felton).

Population, income & housing

	Felton	Woodside East
Population	1,129	1,680
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,000	$57,938
Median home value	$276,800	$351,900
Median gross rent	$884	$891
Housing units	580	922
Homeownership rate	65.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Felton	Woodside East
Population	1,355 → 1,129 (-16.7%)	2,427 → 1,680 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $62,000 (-6.2%)	$61,406 → $57,938 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $276,800 (+44.7%)	$87,900 → $351,900 (+300.3%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $884 (+2.9%)	$935 → $891 (-4.7%)

Felton

Population

1,3551,129

Median household income

$66,071$62,000

Median home value

$191,300$276,800

Median gross rent

$859$884

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)

	Felton	Woodside East
Under 5	4.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.4%
75 and over	11.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Felton	Woodside East
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	43.5%
Black or African American	15.6%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	24.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Felton	Woodside East
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Felton	Woodside East
Drove alone	83.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Felton	Woodside East
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Felton	Woodside East
Poverty rate	7.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1995	1994