Claymont vs Glasgow

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

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

Glasgow has the higher population (16,095 vs 9,543 in Claymont). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($109,803 vs $75,808 in Claymont). Glasgow has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	Glasgow
Population	9,543	16,095
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$109,803
Median home value	$262,900	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,821
Housing units	4,397	5,760
Homeownership rate	55.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	Glasgow
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	14,359 → 16,095 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$93,209 → $109,803 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$274,000 → $346,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,377 → $1,821 (+32.2%)

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

Glasgow

Population

14,35916,095

Median household income

$93,209$109,803

Median home value

$274,000$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	Glasgow
Under 5	4.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.9%
75 and over	4.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	55.5%
Black or African American	25.0%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	Glasgow
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	Glasgow
Drove alone	75.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	44.2%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	Glasgow
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1964	1993