Claymont vs Pike Creek Valley

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

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

Pike Creek Valley has the higher population (11,992 vs 9,543 in Claymont). Pike Creek Valley has the higher median household income ($93,896 vs $75,808 in Claymont). Pike Creek Valley has the higher median home value ($299,500 vs $262,900 in Claymont).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
Population	9,543	11,992
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$93,896
Median home value	$262,900	$299,500
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,602
Housing units	4,397	5,546
Homeownership rate	55.6%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	10,989 → 11,992 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$74,871 → $93,896 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$252,400 → $299,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,229 → $1,602 (+30.3%)

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 Valley

Population

10,98911,992

Median household income

$74,871$93,896

Median home value

$252,400$299,500

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
Under 5	4.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.8%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	68.9%
Black or African American	25.0%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	32.6%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
Drove alone	75.8%	68.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	14.1%
Public transit	3.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	16.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
1-unit, detached	44.2%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	Pike Creek Valley
Poverty rate	10.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1964	1978