Arden vs Bellefonte

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

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

Bellefonte has the higher population (1,507 vs 600 in Arden). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $80,417 in Arden). Arden has the higher median home value ($484,200 vs $275,200 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Arden	Bellefonte
Population	600	1,507
Median age	60.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$86,667
Median home value	$484,200	$275,200
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,531
Housing units	274	660
Homeownership rate	74.0%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden	Bellefonte
Population	380 → 600 (+57.9%)	1,173 → 1,507 (+28.5%)
Median household income	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)	$79,063 → $86,667 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$375,900 → $484,200 (+28.8%)	$226,300 → $275,200 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	$1,078 → $1,531 (+42.0%)

Arden

Population

380600

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$375,900$484,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

Bellefonte

Population

1,1731,507

Median household income

$79,063$86,667

Median home value

$226,300$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden	Bellefonte
Under 5	1.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	6.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	31.2%	6.9%
75 and over	8.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden	Bellefonte
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	72.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden	Bellefonte
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden	Bellefonte
Drove alone	81.2%	67.4%
Carpooled	0.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden	Bellefonte
1-unit, detached	93.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden	Bellefonte
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1946	1940