Claymont vs Edgemoor

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

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

Claymont has the higher population (9,543 vs 6,671 in Edgemoor). Edgemoor has the higher median household income ($79,572 vs $75,808 in Claymont). Edgemoor has the higher median home value ($291,000 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	Edgemoor
Population	9,543	6,671
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$79,572
Median home value	$262,900	$291,000
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,412
Housing units	4,397	3,326
Homeownership rate	55.6%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	Edgemoor
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	6,934 → 6,671 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$56,576 → $79,572 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$184,700 → $291,000 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,110 → $1,412 (+27.2%)

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

Edgemoor

Population

6,9346,671

Median household income

$56,576$79,572

Median home value

$184,700$291,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	Edgemoor
Under 5	4.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	19.2%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	23.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.1%
75 and over	4.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	Edgemoor
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	46.2%
Black or African American	25.0%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	Edgemoor
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	Edgemoor
Drove alone	75.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.5%
Public transit	3.5%	7.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	10.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	Edgemoor
1-unit, detached	44.2%	37.1%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	22.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	Edgemoor
Poverty rate	10.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1964	1957