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39.73° N · 75.70° W · GEOID 1056500

Pike Creek Valley

New Castle County, Delaware · part of the Philadelphia, PA metro

Computed by Citytistics from 13 public sources · Data bundle checked 2026-11-14 · How we calculate

DelawarePike Creek Valley, DEPike Creek ValleyPike Creek Valley

The short answer

Pike Creek Valley is home to 12,431 people. Median household income is $102,434 a year and median rent is $1,751 a month, 20.5% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $340,300, about 3.3x annual median household income.

What sets Pike Creek Valley apart is how tight household budgets are. 31% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a lower share than in 96% of places its size. It is the 3rd-lowest of 20 Delaware places we track. Also notable: Owning with a mortgage costs only about $66 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 93% of places its size.

63OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Above average

Pike Creek Valley scores better than 63% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 4th of 21 in Delaware.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%57
Economy 20%49
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%27
Education 10%80
Commute 10%77
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,751
28% above the median place
Median household income
$102,434
28% above the median place
Median home value
$340,300
7% above the median place
Unemployment
6.2%
27% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Pike Creek Valley

  • Life nearby10 National Park Service sites lie within 60 miles, more than in 84% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
  • Work and commutingOpenStreetMap shows 0 bus and rail stops per square mile, fewer than in 78% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 21 Delaware places we track.
01

Moving to Pike Creek Valley

New Castle County gains about 1.1 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in19,894
Moved out19,383
Net+511

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Philadelphia County, PA2,1291,299+830
Delaware County, PA1,9971,243+754
Chester County, PA1,0831,179−96
Cecil County, MD8781,151−273
Montgomery County, PA440300+140
Camden County, NJ335186+149
Gloucester County, NJ245168+77
Kings County, NY358

Within Delaware, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within DelawareOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$77K
Leavers$79K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of New Castle County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
8.7% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 7.7% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into New Castle County report $77,500 a year in income on average; those leaving, $79,000.
Income you would need
$70,000 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,751 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,817 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $340,300.
Getting to work
21 minutes each way on average; 18.2% work from home; 2.6% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Carnot-Moon, PA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
7.7%
288% above the median place
Moved here in the past year1
8.7%
52% above the median place
Income of households moving out7
$79,034
12% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasurePike Creek ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year18.7%52% above
Moved from another state17.7%288% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure1.1above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$77,49710% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$79,03412% above
02

What it costs to live here

Renters paying 30%+ is 31.1%, 38% below the median place.

Pike Creek Valley20.5%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$70,040
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
20.5%
0% above the median place
Home price to income
3.3x
13% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
21%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$80,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Pike Creek Valley, $1,751 a month, and local prices for everything else (100.4 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Pike Creek Valley, but easier on the budget

Places that match Pike Creek Valley on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Carnot-Moon, PA9614.5% vs 20.5%$5,600Compare
Perrysburg, OH9312.9% vs 20.5%$19,800Compare
Glen Carbon, IL9113.5% vs 20.5%$4,300Compare
Latham, NY9116.8% vs 20.5%$7,000Compare

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Renters paying 30%+1
31.1%
38% below the median place
Homeownership1
61.7%
7% below the median place
Property tax rate1
0.8%
10% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasurePike Creek ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,75128% above
Rent to income120.5%0% above
Property tax rate10.8%10% below
Home price to income13.3x13% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure102.52% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,86015% above
HUD area median income4County figure$122,70014% above
Property tax paid (median)1$2,77815% below
Median home value1$340,3007% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure2.8%12% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure49.7%3% below
Homeownership161.7%7% below
Renters paying 30%+131.1%38% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,8173% below
Vacant homes1County figure5.0%29% below
Median year built119790% above
03

Work and pay

Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 130 hours a year commuting, less than in 83% of the 2,241 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 21 Delaware places we track.

Poverty rate1
6.2%
42% below the median place
Mean commute1
21 min
17% below the median place
Unemployment1
6.2%
27% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Works from home18.2% +46%
Median household income$102,434 +28%
Income per person$47,941 +20%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasurePike Creek ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$102,43428% above
Income per person1$47,94120% above
Unemployment16.2%27% above
Average annual pay6County figure$83,95927% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure4.5%22% above
Jobs6County figure306,171103% above
Poverty rate16.2%42% below
Mean commute121 min17% below
Works from home118.2%46% above
Commutes by transit1County figure2.6%206% above
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 98.3%, 6% above the median place.

High school or higher1
98.3%
6% above the median place
No health insurance1
3.1%
52% below the median place
Household size1
2.2
10% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher50.8% +58%
Median age35.9 −8%
Homes with broadband94.8% +3%
Born abroad10.3% +17%
All 8 people measures
MeasurePike Creek ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population112,4313495th largest
Median age135.98% below
Bachelor's or higher150.8%58% above
High school or higher198.3%6% above
Household size12.210% below
Born abroad110.3%17% above
No health insurance13.1%52% below
Homes with broadband194.8%3% above
05

Life in Pike Creek Valley

About 0 km of named paths and bike trails are mapped in and around the city, fewer than in 84% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 21 Delaware places we track.

421 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 13 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents6.4 −37%
Playgrounds per 10k1.6 −83%
Grocery stores per 10k1.6 −24%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k10.5 −6%
Libraries per 10k0.8 −8%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • First State National Historical Park 8 miles
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park 29 miles
  • Benjamin Franklin National Memorial 32 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars21.9 +5%
Shops34.6 +14%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.7 +39%
Doctors' offices and clinics21.0 +4%
Child care centers3.9 +70%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
8.4
73% below the median place
Child care centers per 10k8
3.9
70% above the median place
Public school students12
78,534
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasurePike Creek ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure129above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure78,534above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure14.28% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure21.95% above
Shops per 10k8County figure34.614% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure5.739% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure21.04% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure3.970% above
Parks per 10k96.437% below
Playgrounds per 10k91.683% below
Grocery stores per 10k91.624% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k910.56% below
Libraries per 10k90.88% below
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site108.473% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1010400% above
National Register listings11County figure421above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Hurricane risk is 88.4, 25% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Pike Creek Valley. Larger places are fetched first.

Hurricane risk14
88.4
25% above the median place
Heat wave risk14
95.3
6% above the median place
Natural hazard risk14
95.3
3% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasurePike Creek ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure87°F0% above
January average low13County figure25°F0% below
Average temperature13County figure55°F1% above
Annual precipitation13County figure46.1 in5% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure95.33% above
Hurricane risk14County figure88.425% above
Tornado risk14County figure88.18% above
Wildfire risk14County figure60.61% below
Heat wave risk14County figure95.36% above
Median air quality index15County figure442% above
Good air days15County figure64.4%6% below
08

Pike Creek Valley in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 21% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 21% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Pike Creek Valley does better than 58% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 16%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,751/mo (2024)$2,270/mo$1,860 to $2,760/mo+4.4%
Median household income$102,434 (2024)$131,000$110,500 to $155,000+4.2%
Median home value$340,300 (2024)$477,000$346,000 to $657,000+5.8%

The median home would be worth 3.6 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.3 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Pike Creek Valley

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
West Dundee, IL$1,666$105,368Compare
Sunbury, OH$1,649$108,787Compare
Laurel, MD$1,873$100,504Compare
Sugar Hill, GA$1,862$107,389Compare
Sugar Hill, GALaurel, MDSunbury, OHWest Dundee, ILPike Creek Valley, DEWest DundeeSunburyLaurelSugar HillWest DundeeSunburyLaurelSugar Hill

Places built like Pike Creek Valley

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Pike Creek Valley performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Pike Creek Valley, DE20.5%6.5%/yrn/a
Manchester, VA23.3%4.9%/yrn/aCompare
Wade Hampton, SC17.3%7.3%/yrn/aCompare
Westminster, MD20.5%7.3%/yr2.2%Compare
Warrenton, VA20.4%2.6%/yr1.5%Compare
California, MD19.3%7.2%/yrn/aCompare
Seven Oaks, SC23.8%2.4%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Pike Creek Valley a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 63 out of 100, better than 63% of the places we rate and 4th of 21 in Delaware. 10 National Park Service sites lie within 60 miles, more than in 84% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. OpenStreetMap shows 0 bus and rail stops per square mile, fewer than in 78% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 21 Delaware places we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 51 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Pike Creek Valley expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 20.5% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $340,300.

What salary do you need to live in Pike Creek Valley?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $70,040 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Pike Creek Valley?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are West Dundee, IL, Sunbury, OH, Laurel, MD and Sugar Hill, GA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Pike Creek Valley with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Pike Creek Valley itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/pike-creek-valley-delaware

Citytistics. “Pike Creek Valley, Delaware.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/pike-creek-valley-delaware/

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