Brookside vs Claymont

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Claymont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookside has the higher population (15,262 vs 9,543 in Claymont). Claymont has the higher median household income ($75,808 vs $72,031 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median home value ($264,800 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Claymont
Population	15,262	9,543
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$75,808
Median home value	$264,800	$262,900
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,290
Housing units	5,975	4,397
Homeownership rate	62.3%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Claymont
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)

Brookside

Population

13,39615,262

Median household income

$58,555$72,031

Median home value

$197,200$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,381

Claymont

Population

9,3309,543

Median household income

$59,613$75,808

Median home value

$208,400$262,900

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Claymont
Under 5	6.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	19.2%	19.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.8%
75 and over	5.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Claymont
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	55.5%
Black or African American	20.8%	25.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.9%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Claymont
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Claymont
Drove alone	74.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.1%
Public transit	2.2%	3.5%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	13.5%
Other means	2.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Claymont
1-unit, detached	63.2%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	23.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Claymont
Poverty rate	15.8%	10.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1967	1964