Ardencroft vs Port Penn

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

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

Port Penn has the higher population (477 vs 187 in Ardencroft). Ardencroft has the higher median household income ($125,125 vs $95,287 in Port Penn). Ardencroft has the higher median home value ($422,800 vs $388,500 in Port Penn).

Population, income & housing

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
Population	187	477
Median age	57.5 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,125	$95,287
Median home value	$422,800	$388,500
Housing units	106	136
Homeownership rate	85.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
Population	220 → 187 (-15.0%)	293 → 477 (+62.8%)
Median household income	$97,500 → $125,125 (+28.3%)	—
Median home value	$319,600 → $422,800 (+32.3%)	$175,000 → $388,500 (+122.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,333 (-11.1%)	—

Ardencroft

Population

220187

Median household income

$97,500$125,125

Median home value

$319,600$422,800

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,333

Port Penn

Population

293477

Median home value

$175,000$388,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
Under 5	0.5%	12.4%
5 to 17	8.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	20.9%	2.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	2.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	25.6%
75 and over	18.2%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.5%	75.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
Drove alone	58.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
1-unit, detached	95.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ardencroft	Port Penn
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.83	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1962	1938