Pike Creek Valley, Delaware

Pike Creek Valley, Delaware
Census-designated place
Location in New Castle County and the state of Delaware.
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Coordinates: 39°44′10″N 75°41′54″W / 39.73611°N 75.69833°W / 39.73611; -75.69833
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	New Castle
Area [1]
• Total	2.87 sq mi (7.44 km2)
• Land	2.87 sq mi (7.43 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	239 ft (73 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	11,692
• Density	4,073.1/sq mi (1,572.63/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	215930[2]

Pike Creek Valley is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pike Creek Valley had a population of 11,692.^[3]

Most of Pike Creek Valley is in the Christina School District while some is in the Red Clay Consolidated School District.^[4]

The portion in the Christina district is zoned to Etta J. Wilson Elementary School,^[5] Shue/Medill Middle School,^[6] and Newark High School.^[7] Grades 5-6 were previously assigned to Bancroft Intermediate School in Wilmington.^[8]

Zoned elementary schools of the Red Clay section include Heritage Elementary School,^[9] and Linden Hill Elementary School.^[10] All of Pike Creek Valley in Red Clay is zoned to Skyline Middle School.^[11] Most of Pike Creek Valley in Red Clay is zoned to John Dickinson High School,^[12] and a very small segment coincides with McKean High School.^[13]

Goldey–Beacom College is in the CDP.^[14]

As of the 2020 census, Pike Creek Valley had a population of 11,692. The median age was 39.8 years. 18.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84.1 males age 18 and over.^[16][17]

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.^[18]

There were 5,239 households in Pike Creek Valley, of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 39.5% were married-couple households, 19.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[16]

There were 5,472 housing units, of which 4.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.5%.^[16]