Brookside vs Pike Creek Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Pike Creek Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and Pike Creek Valley 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 11,992 in Pike Creek Valley). Pike Creek Valley has the higher median household income ($93,896 vs $72,031 in Brookside). Pike Creek Valley has the higher median home value ($299,500 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
Population	15,262	11,992
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$93,896
Median home value	$264,800	$299,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,602
Housing units	5,975	5,546
Homeownership rate	62.3%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	10,989 → 11,992 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$74,871 → $93,896 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$252,400 → $299,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,229 → $1,602 (+30.3%)

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

Pike Creek Valley

Population

10,98911,992

Median household income

$74,871$93,896

Median home value

$252,400$299,500

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	68.9%
Black or African American	20.8%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
No high school diploma	9.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	33.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
Drove alone	74.3%	68.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.1%
Public transit	2.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	16.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
1-unit, detached	63.2%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Pike Creek Valley
Poverty rate	15.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1967	1978