Edgemoor vs Pike Creek

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

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

Pike Creek has the higher population (7,185 vs 6,671 in Edgemoor). Pike Creek has the higher median household income ($135,703 vs $79,572 in Edgemoor). Pike Creek has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $291,000 in Edgemoor).

Population, income & housing

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
Population	6,671	7,185
Median age	40.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,572	$135,703
Median home value	$291,000	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,412	$2,294
Housing units	3,326	2,839
Homeownership rate	56.1%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
Population	6,934 → 6,671 (-3.8%)	7,613 → 7,185 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$56,576 → $79,572 (+40.6%)	$117,379 → $135,703 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$184,700 → $291,000 (+57.6%)	$343,300 → $414,700 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,412 (+27.2%)	$1,795 → $2,294 (+27.8%)

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

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)

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
Under 5	8.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	16.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.5%
75 and over	5.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	58.1%
Black or African American	45.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
Drove alone	67.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.6%
Public transit	7.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	14.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
1-unit, detached	37.1%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	22.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	23.2%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgemoor	Pike Creek
Poverty rate	16.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1957	1988