Edgemoor vs Elsmere

A side-by-side comparison of Edgemoor and Elsmere: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgemoor has the higher population (6,671 vs 6,189 in Elsmere). Edgemoor has the higher median household income ($79,572 vs $76,378 in Elsmere). Edgemoor has the higher median home value ($291,000 vs $210,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
Population	6,671	6,189
Median age	40.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,572	$76,378
Median home value	$291,000	$210,200
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,305
Housing units	3,326	2,396
Homeownership rate	56.1%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
Population	6,934 → 6,671 (-3.8%)	5,943 → 6,189 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$56,576 → $79,572 (+40.6%)	$61,275 → $76,378 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$184,700 → $291,000 (+57.6%)	$174,700 → $210,200 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,412 (+27.2%)	$1,035 → $1,305 (+26.1%)

Edgemoor

Population

6,9346,671

Median household income

$56,576$79,572

Median home value

$184,700$291,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,412

Elsmere

Population

5,9436,189

Median household income

$61,275$76,378

Median home value

$174,700$210,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
Under 5	8.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	20.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	18.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	48.6%
Black or African American	45.2%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	32.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
No high school diploma	4.7%	17.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
Drove alone	67.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	3.7%
Public transit	7.1%	3.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
1-unit, detached	37.1%	39.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	22.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	23.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgemoor	Elsmere
Poverty rate	16.1%	18.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1957	1955