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New Castle County · Delaware census-designated place

Claymont, DE

Healthcare & social assistance leads a local job base of 2,401 workplace jobs alongside 8,786 residents.

Population
8,786
ACS 5-year estimate
Local jobs
2,401
LODES workplace jobs
Median income
$74,712
ACS 5-year estimate
School locations
4
FirstMap site count
City overview

The forces shaping Claymont now.

A missing measure is unavailable coverage, not zero or an absence claim.

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Civic

Claymont's representation splits across multiple districts.

1 House district and 2 Senate districts cover the boundary, so no single legislator speaks for the whole place.

House districts: 1 · Senate districts: 2

Source: Delaware General Assembly / City of Wilmington, via Delaware FirstMap, checked 2026-09-12.
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Daily life

Claymont has its own public library branch.

Claymont Public Library together cover 17,500 square feet of public library space inside the boundary.

Branches: 1

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey (PLS), outlet file, checked 2024.
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Daily life

Claymont has a well-stocked restaurants directory.

18 listed restaurants locations appear inside the boundary—directory records, not a ranking or completeness claim.

Restaurants: 18

Source: Overture Maps Foundation, checked 2026-08-19.0.
People

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

ACS five-year estimates describe the resident population and households. They are survey estimates, so their uncertainty remains visible rather than being converted into a ranking.

Population
8,786

ACS 5-year estimate

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Households
4,302
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median age
42
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median household income
$74,712
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Bachelor's degree or higher
36%

Among residents age 25 and older. ±8% margin of error.

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Population composition

Residents by Census category

Each share uses the total Claymont population as its denominator. Hispanic or Latino may be of any race; the other broad categories are non-Hispanic. Detailed Asian-alone groups use a separate Census race table.

White, non-Hispanic49%
Black, non-Hispanic28%
Hispanic or Latino9%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic4%
Chinese, except Taiwanese3%
Asian Indian2%
Bangladeshi2%
Other Asian, not specified2%
Cambodian1%
Pakistani1%
Vietnamese1%
Filipino0%
Two or more Asian groups0%
Japanese0%

Sources: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗; census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗. Positive detailed Asian estimates are shown in this same composition list; published zeroes are omitted and are not proof of absence. Small differences may be within ACS survey uncertainty.

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗. ACS estimates cover a five-year survey period; margin of error is reported where provided.

Work

What work is located inside Claymont?

LODES counts jobs by workplace location, not the industries of residents or a named-employer roster. The sector mix can show the shape of the local job base, not dependence on individual companies.

Jobs by sector

Latest LODES workplace-job estimates. Shares use the total local job count. Commuter-flow context (who works here vs. lives here) is intentionally omitted until the Delaware panel can identify scoped destinations without overstating cross-border precision — see real work-destination distances in the Mobility section below.

Healthcare & social assistance860
Retail504
Hospitality298
Construction / real estate138
Education137
Finance112

Source: lodes8 wac de 2023 · 2023 ↗.

Housing

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure visible?

Housing estimates describe existing conditions. Permit and development records signal reported activity, not starts, completions, or a complete construction census.

Owner-occupied
56%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median owner value
$276,600
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Vacancy rate
5%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Two-bedroom rent benchmark
$1,860
Source: hud fmr 2027 · 2027 ↗
Owner-home values

A Census estimate, not a market price

These estimates cover owner-occupied homes only. They are not listings, sales, appraisals, or an all-homes measure; the final Census band is open-ended at $2M+.

Median estimate$276,600
Middle half of homes$224,600–$351,700Lower to upper quartile of owner estimates
Luxury-home concentration0%Estimated at $2M+
Under $500k98%
$500–749k2%
$750–999k0%
$1–1.49M0%
$1.5–1.99M0%
$2M+0%

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗.

Existing housing mix

Detached homes41%
Attached homes22%
Small multifamily6%
5+ unit multifamily31%
Mobility

What is the scheduled supply—and how do workers usually commute?

GTFS measures scheduled service at stops within the boundary. It is not ridership, reliability, or a guarantee that a particular trip is practical. ACS commute modes are a separate survey estimate.

Scheduled stops
29
Source: gtfs dart first state|gtfs septa bus|gtfs septa rail · 2026 ↗
Weekday departures
1,155
Source: gtfs dart first state|gtfs septa bus|gtfs septa rail · 2026 ↗
Drove alone
75%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Worked from home
16%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Typical drive times

About how long does it take to get where people go?

Work destinations are selected from observed resident job flows. These are broad, reviewed planning ranges from representative parts of Claymont—not live-traffic or door-to-door predictions.

Wilmington

Wilmington is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Claymont, representing 39% of matched resident jobs from this place.

20–40 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Claymont

Claymont is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Claymont, representing 12% of matched resident jobs from this place.

5–20 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Local arterial-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.40x circuity factor and an assumed 28 km/h peak-effective / 42 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

New Castle

New Castle is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Claymont, representing 10% of matched resident jobs from this place.

20–40 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Dover

Dover is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Claymont, representing 5% of matched resident jobs from this place.

95–170 minWeekday morning peak
Details

Highway-dominant corridor: distance converted with a reviewed 1.25x circuity factor and an assumed 45 km/h peak-effective / 70 km/h off-peak effective speed, then widened and rounded to a broad band. The morning inbound peak is shown; the evening outbound return is assumed to fall within the same broad band.

Method, review date, and sources

Planning estimate; actual time varies by departure time, route, traffic, weather, incidents, and closures.

Estimates are derived from reviewed origin/destination coordinates using the same documented distance-to-time heuristic as the Washington pilot (circuity factor and assumed effective speed by corridor type and period), then deliberately widened and rounded to a broad band. No live routing or traffic API was called. Two methodology differences from the Washington pilot, both disclosed: each place uses a single Census TIGER internal point as its representative origin rather than three job-weighted directional sample origins, and work destinations are selected from Delaware's own place-to-place LODES flow file rather than block-level clustering—out-of-state commute flows (aggregated to the Pennsylvania/Maryland/New Jersey state level in that source) are excluded because a state has no single routable coordinate.

Estimates reviewed 2026-09-12. Starting point: Claymont representative point.

Place boundary and regional context● nearby places
Daily life

Institutions and listed activity inside the boundary.

These are bounded inventories, not measures of access, enrollment, foot traffic, or the full local business economy. People routinely use services across place lines.

Local field guide

Places for everyday needs in Claymont

Care, errands, food, fitness, and personal services gathered into one browsable directory.

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Pharmacies6 listedView all
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Counts reflect current directory records associated with the city, not a complete business census or a measure of access. Large categories show a sample.

Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), snapshot 2026-08-13; Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-08-19.0; U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (NPPES NPI Registry), snapshot 2026-09-12.

Public library footprint

Claymont Public Library

Floor area shows the scale of the physical branches. The national IMLS outlet file does not report circulation at the branch level, so checkouts are not shown here; people routinely use libraries across city lines.

Branch floor area
17,500 sq ft

All matched branches must report floor area before a city total is shown.

Claymont Public LibraryDepartment Of Community Services
400 Lenape Way, Claymont DE 1970317,500 sq ft~48.1 avg. hours/week

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey (PLS), outlet file, 2024. Branches are matched by the outlet's reported coordinate falling inside the place boundary; bookmobiles and books-by-mail-only service are excluded because they have no fixed location.

The schools inside Claymont.

Institution counts and enrollment remain separate. A school can serve students from outside the place, and residents may attend a school across the boundary or elsewhere in their district.

Public elementary1
  • Claymont Elementary SchoolGrades BK05
Public middle0

None in the current FirstMap place-boundary match.

Public high0

None in the current FirstMap place-boundary match.

Other public programs3
  • Brandywine Administrative Office - MaintenanceGrades UnGr
  • Brandywine SITEGrades 12
  • Kingswood AcademyGrades UnGr

Public-school names and grade levels come from Delaware Department of Education / Delaware FirstMap ↗.

Civic

Who represents Claymont today?

State House and Senate districts are drawn independently of municipal boundaries, so a place can span more than one district per chamber.

State legislature

Senate District 1: Daniel Cruce (D)Official page ↗
Senate District 5: Ray Seigfried (D)Official page ↗
House District 7: Larry Lambert (D)Official page ↗

Reflects the current Delaware FirstMap district snapshot; a vacancy, resignation, or mid-term appointment can lag this by a few weeks.

Source: Delaware General Assembly / City of Wilmington, via Delaware FirstMap, checked 2026-09-12.

Claymont has no town government

As a Census-designated place, Claymont was never incorporated—there is no charter, mayor, council, or town website to point residents to. New Castle County provides the local government services an incorporated town would otherwise run.

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