Ardentown vs Port Penn

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

Ardentown 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 269 in Ardentown). Port Penn has the higher median household income ($95,287 vs $81,250 in Ardentown). Port Penn has the higher median home value ($388,500 vs $369,200 in Ardentown).

Population, income & housing

	Ardentown	Port Penn
Population	269	477
Median age	57.3 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$95,287
Median home value	$369,200	$388,500
Median gross rent	$1,433	—
Housing units	145	136
Homeownership rate	72.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardentown	Port Penn
Population	273 → 269 (-1.5%)	293 → 477 (+62.8%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $81,250 (+30.7%)	—
Median home value	$317,300 → $369,200 (+16.4%)	$175,000 → $388,500 (+122.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,433 (+2.9%)	—

Ardentown

Population

273269

Median household income

$62,188$81,250

Median home value

$317,300$369,200

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,433

Port Penn

Population

293477

Median home value

$175,000$388,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ardentown	Port Penn
Under 5	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	2.9%
55 to 64	25.7%	2.1%
65 to 74	19.7%	25.6%
75 and over	15.2%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardentown	Port Penn
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardentown	Port Penn
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.5%	75.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardentown	Port Penn
Drove alone	48.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.4%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardentown	Port Penn
1-unit, detached	82.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ardentown	Port Penn
Poverty rate	8.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1948	1938