Blades vs Frankford

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

Blades and Frankford 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 883 in Frankford). Frankford has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $62,596 in Blades). Frankford has the higher median home value ($277,800 vs $209,600 in Blades).

Population, income & housing

	Blades	Frankford
Population	1,055	883
Median age	35.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$74,583
Median home value	$209,600	$277,800
Median gross rent	$839	$1,273
Housing units	422	288
Homeownership rate	83.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blades	Frankford
Population	1,374 → 1,055 (-23.2%)	867 → 883 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $62,596 (+17.1%)	$42,875 → $74,583 (+74.0%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $209,600 (+35.5%)	$169,100 → $277,800 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $839 (-19.7%)	$1,206 → $1,273 (+5.6%)

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

Frankford

Population

867883

Median household income

$42,875$74,583

Median home value

$169,100$277,800

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blades	Frankford
Under 5	13.6%	11.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	4.9%
75 and over	4.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blades	Frankford
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	18.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blades	Frankford
No high school diploma	10.0%	32.3%
High school graduate	46.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blades	Frankford
Drove alone	89.2%	69.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	23.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blades	Frankford
1-unit, detached	82.9%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blades	Frankford
Poverty rate	10.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.91	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1973	1976