Little Creek vs Magnolia

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

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

Magnolia has the higher population (237 vs 231 in Little Creek). Magnolia has the higher median household income ($116,667 vs $70,179 in Little Creek). Magnolia has the higher median home value ($208,900 vs $178,600 in Little Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Little Creek	Magnolia
Population	231	237
Median age	41.5 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$116,667
Median home value	$178,600	$208,900
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,313
Housing units	103	106
Homeownership rate	74.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Creek	Magnolia
Population	239 → 231 (-3.3%)	337 → 237 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$38,056 → $70,179 (+84.4%)	$59,107 → $116,667 (+97.4%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $178,600 (+34.3%)	$132,700 → $208,900 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,108 (-0.4%)	$1,071 → $1,313 (+22.6%)

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

Magnolia

Population

337237

Median household income

$59,107$116,667

Median home value

$132,700$208,900

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Creek	Magnolia
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	17.7%
75 and over	8.2%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Creek	Magnolia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Creek	Magnolia
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	48.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Creek	Magnolia
Drove alone	81.6%	84.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Creek	Magnolia
1-unit, detached	76.7%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Creek	Magnolia
Poverty rate	27.4%	11.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1955	1938