Claymont vs North Star

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

Claymont and North Star 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 8,178 in North Star). North Star has the higher median household income ($167,664 vs $75,808 in Claymont). North Star has the higher median home value ($566,500 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	North Star
Population	9,543	8,178
Median age	40.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$167,664
Median home value	$262,900	$566,500
Median gross rent	$1,290	—
Housing units	4,397	3,223
Homeownership rate	55.6%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	North Star
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	7,503 → 8,178 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$137,917 → $167,664 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$445,900 → $566,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,882 → $1,479 (-21.4%)

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

North Star

Population

7,5038,178

Median household income

$137,917$167,664

Median home value

$445,900$566,500

Median gross rent

$1,882$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	North Star
Under 5	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	3.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	22.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.7%
75 and over	4.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	North Star
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	79.0%
Black or African American	25.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	North Star
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	32.6%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	North Star
Drove alone	75.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	16.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	North Star
1-unit, detached	44.2%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	North Star
Poverty rate	10.2%	2.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1964	1988