Arden vs Port Penn

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

Arden and Port Penn 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 477 in Port Penn). Port Penn has the higher median household income ($95,287 vs $80,417 in Arden). Arden has the higher median home value ($484,200 vs $388,500 in Port Penn).

Population, income & housing

	Arden	Port Penn
Population	600	477
Median age	60.1 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$95,287
Median home value	$484,200	$388,500
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	274	136
Homeownership rate	74.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden	Port Penn
Population	380 → 600 (+57.9%)	293 → 477 (+62.8%)
Median household income	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)	—
Median home value	$375,900 → $484,200 (+28.8%)	$175,000 → $388,500 (+122.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,250 (+0.0%)	—

Arden

Population

380600

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$375,900$484,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,250

Port Penn

Population

293477

Median home value

$175,000$388,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden	Port Penn
Under 5	1.7%	12.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	4.5%	2.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	2.1%
65 to 74	31.2%	25.6%
75 and over	8.0%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden	Port Penn
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden	Port Penn
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	75.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden	Port Penn
Drove alone	81.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden	Port Penn
1-unit, detached	93.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden	Port Penn
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1946	1938