Claymont vs Wilmington Manor

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

Claymont and Wilmington Manor 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 8,030 in Wilmington Manor). Claymont has the higher median household income ($75,808 vs $72,346 in Wilmington Manor). Claymont has the higher median home value ($262,900 vs $220,400 in Wilmington Manor).

Population, income & housing

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
Population	9,543	8,030
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,808	$72,346
Median home value	$262,900	$220,400
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,120
Housing units	4,397	3,545
Homeownership rate	55.6%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
Population	9,330 → 9,543 (+2.3%)	7,903 → 8,030 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$59,613 → $75,808 (+27.2%)	$57,153 → $72,346 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$208,400 → $262,900 (+26.2%)	$172,800 → $220,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,290 (+26.3%)	$1,073 → $1,120 (+4.4%)

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

Wilmington Manor

Population

7,9038,030

Median household income

$57,153$72,346

Median home value

$172,800$220,400

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
Under 5	4.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	19.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	4.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	40.0%
Black or African American	25.0%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
No high school diploma	4.9%	19.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
Drove alone	75.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	12.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
1-unit, detached	44.2%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claymont	Wilmington Manor
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1964	1958