Claymont vs Hockessin

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

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

Hockessin has the higher population (13,608 vs 9,543 in Claymont). Hockessin has the higher median household income ($172,695 vs $75,808 in Claymont). Hockessin has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	Hockessin
Population	9,543	13,608
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$172,695
Median home value	$262,900	$550,200
Median gross rent	$1,290	$2,980
Housing units	4,397	4,976
Homeownership rate	55.6%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	Hockessin
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	13,157 → 13,608 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$128,412 → $172,695 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$441,200 → $550,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,785 → $2,980 (+66.9%)

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

Hockessin

Population

13,15713,608

Median household income

$128,412$172,695

Median home value

$441,200$550,200

Median gross rent

$1,785$2,980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	Hockessin
Under 5	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	19.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.4%
75 and over	4.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	Hockessin
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	25.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	Hockessin
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	Hockessin
Drove alone	75.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.5%
Public transit	3.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	22.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	Hockessin
1-unit, detached	44.2%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	Hockessin
Poverty rate	10.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1964	1980