Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church · Photo: Camerafiend · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Pike Creek are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 1.3%, next to 10.4% for Delaware as a whole. Pike Creek grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Pike Creek for work; outside it, Wilmington is the main destination (15%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pike Creek
Most Pike Creek residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Pike Creek’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Delaware average of 26. Time on the road ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Pike Creek averages 29 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (21 to 24 minutes). Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in Pike Creek is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Pike Creek is a place people come home to
There are 1,039 jobs based in Pike Creek, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pike Creek has about 4,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pike Creek
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pike Creek is among the top U.S. towns, #1 of 37 in Delaware. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pike Creek stays A+.
The distance from Pike Creek to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Delaware
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Creek workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,943 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Delaware: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Pike Creek
1,039 jobs are based in Pike Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Creek, 2014 → 2024: 1,045 → 1,039. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pike Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Pike Creek
On a workday 3,395 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 976 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Pike Creek on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Pike Creek commutes to
Where Pike Creek clocks in
15% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute in Pike Creek is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pike Creek is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #33 of 37 in Delaware. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.9% across Delaware.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,604 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 21% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Pike Creek households have no vehicle (Delaware 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pike Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
52nd of 3,164: where Pike Creek ranks among U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 50 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 51 | Corcoran MN | 9,269 | $133K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 52 | Pike Creek DE | 7,129 | $140K | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 53 | Crosspointe VA | 5,669 | $250K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 54 | Krum TX | 6,808 | $124K | 3.9% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 278 | North Star DE | 7,834 | $151K | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 302 | New Castle DE | 5,726 | $89K | 4.7% | 1.3% | 7% | A |
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| 1,132 | Wilmington Manor DE | 8,214 | $78K | 11.6% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pike Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Delaware.
Next door to Pike Creek
The biggest share goes to Hockessin (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Creek | – | A+ | B− | 29 min | $139,635 |
| Pike Creek Valley | 2% | B+ | B | 21 min | $102,434 |
| North Star | under 2% | A | B | 24 min | $150,733 |
| Hockessin | 3% | A+ | A | 23 min | $171,204 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pike Creek’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pike Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Creek?
$139,635 (±$22,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Creek?
1.3%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Creek?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Creek work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (15%, 9 mi), Newark (4%, 6 mi), Philadelphia (3%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pike Creek walkable?
Pike Creek is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Creek without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.