Glasgow vs Hockessin

A side-by-side comparison of Glasgow and Hockessin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glasgow has the higher population (16,095 vs 13,608 in Hockessin). Hockessin has the higher median household income ($172,695 vs $109,803 in Glasgow). Hockessin has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $346,200 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Hockessin
Population	16,095	13,608
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,803	$172,695
Median home value	$346,200	$550,200
Median gross rent	$1,821	$2,980
Housing units	5,760	4,976
Homeownership rate	85.9%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Hockessin
Population	14,359 → 16,095 (+12.1%)	13,157 → 13,608 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$93,209 → $109,803 (+17.8%)	$128,412 → $172,695 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $346,200 (+26.4%)	$441,200 → $550,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $1,821 (+32.2%)	$1,785 → $2,980 (+66.9%)

Glasgow

Population

14,35916,095

Median household income

$93,209$109,803

Median home value

$274,000$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,821

Hockessin

Population

13,15713,608

Median household income

$128,412$172,695

Median home value

$441,200$550,200

Median gross rent

$1,785$2,980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glasgow	Hockessin
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.4%
75 and over	4.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Hockessin
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	25.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Hockessin
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	27.2%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Hockessin
Drove alone	78.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	22.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Hockessin
1-unit, detached	63.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Hockessin
Poverty rate	7.0%	1.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1993	1980