Claymont vs Pike Creek

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

Claymont and Pike Creek 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 7,185 in Pike Creek). Pike Creek has the higher median household income ($135,703 vs $75,808 in Claymont). Pike Creek has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	Pike Creek
Population	9,543	7,185
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$135,703
Median home value	$262,900	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,290	$2,294
Housing units	4,397	2,839
Homeownership rate	55.6%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	Pike Creek
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	7,613 → 7,185 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$117,379 → $135,703 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$343,300 → $414,700 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,795 → $2,294 (+27.8%)

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

Pike Creek

Population

7,6137,185

Median household income

$117,379$135,703

Median home value

$343,300$414,700

Median gross rent

$1,795$2,294

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek
Under 5	4.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.5%
75 and over	4.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	58.1%
Black or African American	25.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	23.3%
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%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	Pike Creek
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek
Drove alone	75.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.6%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	14.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek
1-unit, detached	44.2%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	Pike Creek
Poverty rate	10.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1964	1988