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New Castle County · Delaware census-designated place

Pike Creek Valley, DE

Home to Goldey-Beacom College, alongside 12,431 residents inside the boundary.

Population
12,431
ACS 5-year estimate
Local jobs
2,757
LODES workplace jobs
Median income
$102,434
ACS 5-year estimate
School locations
5
FirstMap site count
City overview

The forces shaping Pike Creek Valley now.

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

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Civic

Pike Creek Valley's representation splits across multiple districts.

1 House district and 3 Senate districts cover the boundary, so no single legislator speaks for the whole place.

House districts: 1 · Senate districts: 3

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

Pike Creek Valley is home to a named college or university.

Goldey-Beacom College reports 691 students sits inside the boundary, a real institutional anchor beyond the resident population count.

Institution: Goldey-Beacom College · Reported students: 691

Source: College Scorecard ↗.
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Daily life

Pike Creek Valley has a well-stocked restaurants directory.

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

Restaurants: 25

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
12,431

ACS 5-year estimate

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Households
5,389
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median age
36
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median household income
$102,434
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Bachelor's degree or higher
51%

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 Pike Creek Valley 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-Hispanic67%
Black, non-Hispanic12%
Hispanic or Latino8%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic6%
Asian Indian3%
Pakistani1%
Chinese, except Taiwanese1%
Other Asian, not specified0%
Taiwanese0%
Filipino0%
Vietnamese0%
Japanese0%
Korean0%

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 Pike Creek Valley?

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 assistance561
Education497
Retail491
Professional services392
Hospitality343
Other120

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
62%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Median owner value
$340,300
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Vacancy rate
3%
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$340,300
Middle half of homes$229,400–$433,100Lower to upper quartile of owner estimates
Luxury-home concentration0%Estimated at $2M+
Under $500k91%
$500–749k8%
$750–999k1%
$1–1.49M0%
$1.5–1.99M0%
$2M+0%

Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗.

Existing housing mix

Detached homes38%
Attached homes28%
Small multifamily1%
5+ unit multifamily32%
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
12
Source: gtfs dart first state|gtfs septa bus|gtfs septa rail · 2026 ↗
Weekday departures
248
Source: gtfs dart first state|gtfs septa bus|gtfs septa rail · 2026 ↗
Drove alone
66%
Source: census acs5 2024 · 2024 ↗
Worked from home
18%
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 Pike Creek Valley—not live-traffic or door-to-door predictions.

Wilmington

Wilmington is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Pike Creek Valley, representing 34% of matched resident jobs from this place.

30–60 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.

Newark

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

15–40 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.

Pike Creek Valley

Pike Creek Valley is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Pike Creek Valley, representing 10% 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.

Hockessin

Hockessin is a LODES-selected resident workplace destination for Pike Creek Valley, representing 8% of matched resident jobs from this place.

10–30 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.

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: Pike Creek Valley 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 Pike Creek Valley

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

Hospitals0 in cityFind nearby
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Clinics and urgent care7 listedView all
ChristianaCare Primary Care at Linden HillMapDr. Alan D. WarringtonMapKaren M. Kelly, MdMapKiddocs PAMapNemours Children's Health, Pike CreekMapNemours duPont PediatricsMapNemours Dupont Pediatrics, Pike CreekMapExplore all clinics and urgent care in Maps
Coffee1 listedView all
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Fitness16 listedView 8 places
Aerial Fun And FitnessMapCurvesMapD-FitMapDelaware Swim And FitnessMapDst Pike CreekMapThe Edge Fitness ClubsMapExplicit NutritionMapThe Little Gym of WilmingtonMapExplore all fitness in Maps
Groceries2 listedView all
Acme MarketsMapZingo's SupermarketMapExplore all groceries in Maps
Convenience1 listedView all
WawaMapExplore all convenience in Maps
Restaurants25 listedView 8 places
1000 Degrees Pizza Salad WingsMapAnthony's Coal Fired PizzaMapBarcelona Pizza Pike CreekMapBubbakoo's BurritosMapCafe AmericanaMapCafe ScalessaMapCharcoal PitMapChuck Lager America's TavernMapExplore all restaurants in Maps
Salons and barbers17 listedView 8 places
Cabello Boutique Studio 1MapEuropean Beauty SecretsMapFerrari Hair StudioMapHair State of MindMapHeadquarters Ii IncMapIl folle Hair StudioMapJae Australia Studio SalonMapKate Ashley HairMapExplore all salons and barbers in Maps

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.

The schools inside Pike Creek Valley.

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 elementary3
  • Heritage Elementary SchoolGrades KN05
  • Linden Hill Elementary SchoolGrades KN05
  • Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary SchoolGrades KN05
Public middle1
  • Skyline Middle SchoolGrades 0608
Public high0

None in the current FirstMap place-boundary match.

Other public programs1
  • Special Services CenterGrades UnGr
College and university locations
Goldey-Beacom CollegePrivate nonprofit · 691 reported students*

*Scorecard student size is institution-level and may combine multiple reported locations; it is not necessarily enrollment at this point.

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

Civic

Who represents Pike Creek Valley 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 4: Laura Sturgeon (D)Official page ↗
Senate District 8: David P. Sokola (D)Official page ↗
Senate District 9: Jack Walsh (D)Official page ↗
House District 21: Frank Burns (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.

Pike Creek Valley has no town government

As a Census-designated place, Pike Creek Valley 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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