Arden vs Ardencroft

A side-by-side comparison of Arden and Ardencroft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arden has the higher population (600 vs 187 in Ardencroft). Ardencroft has the higher median household income ($125,125 vs $80,417 in Arden). Arden has the higher median home value ($484,200 vs $422,800 in Ardencroft).

Population, income & housing

	Arden	Ardencroft
Population	600	187
Median age	60.1 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$125,125
Median home value	$484,200	$422,800
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	274	106
Homeownership rate	74.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	66.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden	Ardencroft
Population	380 → 600 (+57.9%)	220 → 187 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)	$97,500 → $125,125 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$375,900 → $484,200 (+28.8%)	$319,600 → $422,800 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	$1,500 → $1,333 (-11.1%)

Arden

Population

380600

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$375,900$484,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

Ardencroft

Population

220187

Median household income

$97,500$125,125

Median home value

$319,600$422,800

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden	Ardencroft
Under 5	1.7%	0.5%
5 to 17	6.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	20.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	31.2%	21.4%
75 and over	8.0%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden	Ardencroft
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden	Ardencroft
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden	Ardencroft
Drove alone	81.2%	58.1%
Carpooled	0.4%	1.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	39.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden	Ardencroft
1-unit, detached	93.4%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden	Ardencroft
Poverty rate	4.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.26	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1946	1962