New Castle vs Pike Creek

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

New Castle 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 5,519 in New Castle). Pike Creek has the higher median household income ($135,703 vs $92,565 in New Castle). Pike Creek has the higher median home value ($414,700 vs $262,100 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	New Castle	Pike Creek
Population	5,519	7,185
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,565	$135,703
Median home value	$262,100	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,675	$2,294
Housing units	2,855	2,839
Homeownership rate	63.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Castle	Pike Creek
Population	5,242 → 5,519 (+5.3%)	7,613 → 7,185 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$68,211 → $92,565 (+35.7%)	$117,379 → $135,703 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$194,300 → $262,100 (+34.9%)	$343,300 → $414,700 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,675 (+26.9%)	$1,795 → $2,294 (+27.8%)

New Castle

Population

5,2425,519

Median household income

$68,211$92,565

Median home value

$194,300$262,100

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,675

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)

	New Castle	Pike Creek
Under 5	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.5%
75 and over	9.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Castle	Pike Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	58.1%
Black or African American	27.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Castle	Pike Creek
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Castle	Pike Creek
Drove alone	71.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.6%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Castle	Pike Creek
1-unit, detached	39.6%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Castle	Pike Creek
Poverty rate	3.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1963	1988