Blades vs Dagsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Blades and Dagsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Blades and Dagsboro are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dagsboro has the higher population (1,350 vs 1,055 in Blades). Dagsboro has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $62,596 in Blades). Dagsboro has the higher median home value ($285,000 vs $209,600 in Blades).

Population, income & housing

	Blades	Dagsboro
Population	1,055	1,350
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$64,250
Median home value	$209,600	$285,000
Median gross rent	$839	$1,315
Housing units	422	583
Homeownership rate	83.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blades	Dagsboro
Population	1,374 → 1,055 (-23.2%)	986 → 1,350 (+36.9%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $62,596 (+17.1%)	$62,206 → $64,250 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $209,600 (+35.5%)	$213,900 → $285,000 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $839 (-19.7%)	$1,085 → $1,315 (+21.2%)

Blades

Population

1,3741,055

Median household income

$53,462$62,596

Median home value

$154,700$209,600

Median gross rent

$1,045$839

Dagsboro

Population

9861,350

Median household income

$62,206$64,250

Median home value

$213,900$285,000

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blades	Dagsboro
Under 5	13.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	5.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.4%
75 and over	4.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blades	Dagsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	72.4%
Black or African American	8.4%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blades	Dagsboro
No high school diploma	10.0%	20.2%
High school graduate	46.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blades	Dagsboro
Drove alone	89.2%	88.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blades	Dagsboro
1-unit, detached	82.9%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Blades	Dagsboro
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1973	1981