Hockessin vs Pike Creek Valley

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

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

Hockessin has the higher population (13,608 vs 11,992 in Pike Creek Valley). Hockessin has the higher median household income ($172,695 vs $93,896 in Pike Creek Valley). Hockessin has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $299,500 in Pike Creek Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
Population	13,608	11,992
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$172,695	$93,896
Median home value	$550,200	$299,500
Median gross rent	$2,980	$1,602
Housing units	4,976	5,546
Homeownership rate	91.4%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
Population	13,157 → 13,608 (+3.4%)	10,989 → 11,992 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$128,412 → $172,695 (+34.5%)	$74,871 → $93,896 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$441,200 → $550,200 (+24.7%)	$252,400 → $299,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,785 → $2,980 (+66.9%)	$1,229 → $1,602 (+30.3%)

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

Pike Creek Valley

Population

10,98911,992

Median household income

$74,871$93,896

Median home value

$252,400$299,500

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
Under 5	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	20.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.8%
75 and over	11.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	68.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	13.5%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
Drove alone	70.3%	68.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	14.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	3.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	16.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
1-unit, detached	86.4%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Hockessin	Pike Creek Valley
Poverty rate	1.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1980	1978