Elsmere vs Pike Creek

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

Elsmere 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 6,189 in Elsmere). Pike Creek has the higher median household income ($135,703 vs $76,378 in Elsmere). Pike Creek has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $210,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
Population	6,189	7,185
Median age	33.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,378	$135,703
Median home value	$210,200	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,305	$2,294
Housing units	2,396	2,839
Homeownership rate	65.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
Population	5,943 → 6,189 (+4.1%)	7,613 → 7,185 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$61,275 → $76,378 (+24.6%)	$117,379 → $135,703 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $210,200 (+20.3%)	$343,300 → $414,700 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,305 (+26.1%)	$1,795 → $2,294 (+27.8%)

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

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)

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
Under 5	9.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	18.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.5%
75 and over	5.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	58.1%
Black or African American	16.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
No high school diploma	17.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
Drove alone	79.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	11.6%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
1-unit, detached	39.2%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elsmere	Pike Creek
Poverty rate	18.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1955	1988