Houston vs Little Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Little Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston has the higher population (456 vs 231 in Little Creek). Houston has the higher median household income ($100,208 vs $70,179 in Little Creek). Houston has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $178,600 in Little Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Little Creek
Population	456	231
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,208	$70,179
Median home value	$265,600	$178,600
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,108
Housing units	223	103
Homeownership rate	85.5%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Little Creek
Population	452 → 456 (+0.9%)	239 → 231 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$54,554 → $100,208 (+83.7%)	$38,056 → $70,179 (+84.4%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $265,600 (+59.1%)	$133,000 → $178,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,050 (-11.6%)	$1,113 → $1,108 (-0.4%)

Houston

Population

452456

Median household income

$54,554$100,208

Median home value

$166,900$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,050

Little Creek

Population

239231

Median household income

$38,056$70,179

Median home value

$133,000$178,600

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Little Creek
Under 5	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	22.1%	14.7%
75 and over	6.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Little Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Little Creek
No high school diploma	11.5%	15.1%
High school graduate	51.5%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Little Creek
Drove alone	71.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Little Creek
1-unit, detached	95.5%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Little Creek
Poverty rate	14.1%	27.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1942	1955