Ardencroft vs Ardentown

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

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

Ardentown has the higher population (269 vs 187 in Ardencroft). Ardencroft has the higher median household income ($125,125 vs $81,250 in Ardentown). Ardencroft has the higher median home value ($422,800 vs $369,200 in Ardentown).

Population, income & housing

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
Population	187	269
Median age	57.5 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,125	$81,250
Median home value	$422,800	$369,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,433
Housing units	106	145
Homeownership rate	85.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	63.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
Population	220 → 187 (-15.0%)	273 → 269 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$97,500 → $125,125 (+28.3%)	$62,188 → $81,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$319,600 → $422,800 (+32.3%)	$317,300 → $369,200 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,333 (-11.1%)	$1,393 → $1,433 (+2.9%)

Ardencroft

Population

220187

Median household income

$97,500$125,125

Median home value

$319,600$422,800

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,333

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)

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
Under 5	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.0%	3.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	20.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	25.7%
65 to 74	21.4%	19.7%
75 and over	18.2%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	11.5%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
Drove alone	58.1%	48.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	12.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	39.0%	30.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
1-unit, detached	95.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ardencroft	Ardentown
Poverty rate	3.7%	8.4%
Average household size	1.83	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1962	1948