Arden vs Ardentown

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

Arden and Ardentown 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 269 in Ardentown). Ardentown has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $80,417 in Arden). Arden has the higher median home value ($484,200 vs $369,200 in Ardentown).

Population, income & housing

	Arden	Ardentown
Population	600	269
Median age	60.1 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$81,250
Median home value	$484,200	$369,200
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,433
Housing units	274	145
Homeownership rate	74.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	63.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden	Ardentown
Population	380 → 600 (+57.9%)	273 → 269 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)	$62,188 → $81,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$375,900 → $484,200 (+28.8%)	$317,300 → $369,200 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	$1,393 → $1,433 (+2.9%)

Arden

Population

380600

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$375,900$484,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

Ardentown

Population

273269

Median household income

$62,188$81,250

Median home value

$317,300$369,200

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden	Ardentown
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	4.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	25.7%
65 to 74	31.2%	19.7%
75 and over	8.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden	Ardentown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden	Ardentown
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden	Ardentown
Drove alone	81.2%	48.0%
Carpooled	0.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.9%	30.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden	Ardentown
1-unit, detached	93.4%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden	Ardentown
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1946	1948