Blades vs Ellendale

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

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

Blades has the higher population (1,055 vs 675 in Ellendale). Ellendale has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $62,596 in Blades). Ellendale has the higher median home value ($223,700 vs $209,600 in Blades).

Population, income & housing

	Blades	Ellendale
Population	1,055	675
Median age	35.9 yrs	15.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$66,875
Median home value	$209,600	$223,700
Median gross rent	$839	$1,272
Housing units	422	181
Homeownership rate	83.2%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blades	Ellendale
Population	1,374 → 1,055 (-23.2%)	552 → 675 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $62,596 (+17.1%)	$49,688 → $66,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $209,600 (+35.5%)	$152,900 → $223,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $839 (-19.7%)	$1,085 → $1,272 (+17.2%)

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

Ellendale

Population

552675

Median household income

$49,688$66,875

Median home value

$152,900$223,700

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blades	Ellendale
Under 5	13.6%	28.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	25.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.2%
75 and over	4.9%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blades	Ellendale
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	36.3%
Black or African American	8.4%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	38.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blades	Ellendale
No high school diploma	10.0%	23.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blades	Ellendale
Drove alone	89.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blades	Ellendale
1-unit, detached	82.9%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Blades	Ellendale
Poverty rate	10.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.91	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1973	2002