Ardentown, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Ardentown village is a very small community in Delaware, with 269 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #71 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 10% of them. The median age here is 57.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Ardentown village earn a median of $81,250 a year, 3.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 8% above the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ardentown village is valued at $369,200, 21.7% above the national figure and 32% above the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,433 a month, 1.9% above the national figure, or roughly $17,196 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 57.3 puts Ardentown village well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 269 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Ardentown village against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.