Delaware · Census place 42870
Little Creek, DE population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Little Creek, Delaware (Little Creek, DE — Census place “Little Creek town”) is 231 residents, ranking #73 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $70,179, the median home is worth $178,600 and median gross rent runs $1,108 a month. Looking for the Little Creek Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Little Creek, DE: 19901.
- Population
- 231Little Creek town residents
- Median household income
- $70,179Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $178,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,108Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.7%Owner-occupied households
Little Creek ZIP codes (Delaware)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Little Creek.
The Little Creek DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Little Creek town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Little Creek town median would spend about 18.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.4% of residents and 74.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Little Creek town, DE in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Little Creek town is a very small community in Delaware, with 231 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #73 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 7% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Little Creek town earn a median of $70,179 a year, 10.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 27.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Little Creek town is valued at $178,600, 41.1% below the national figure and 36% below the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,108 a month, 21.2% below the national figure, or roughly $13,296 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 74.7% 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.
With 231 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Little Creek town against its county rather than against national figures.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Delaware.
- Wilmington city 71,124
- Dover city 39,491
- Newark city 30,309
- Middletown town 24,071
- Bear CDP 22,604
- Glasgow CDP 16,095
- Brookside CDP 15,262
- Hockessin CDP 13,608
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Little Creek town?
- Little Creek town has 231 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 79 in Delaware.
- What is the median household income in Little Creek town?
- Median household income in Little Creek town is $70,179 a year, 10.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Little Creek town?
- Median gross rent is $1,108 a month and the median home value is $178,600, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
- Is Little Creek town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Little Creek town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Little Creek town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.