Blades vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (1,639 vs 1,055 in Blades). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($74,712 vs $62,596 in Blades). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $209,600 in Blades).

Population, income & housing

	Blades	Lincoln
Population	1,055	1,639
Median age	35.9 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$74,712
Median home value	$209,600	$261,400
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	422	375
Homeownership rate	83.2%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blades	Lincoln
Population	1,374 → 1,055 (-23.2%)	605 → 1,639 (+170.9%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $62,596 (+17.1%)	$55,075 → $74,712 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $209,600 (+35.5%)	$150,600 → $261,400 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $839 (-19.7%)	—

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

Lincoln

Population

6051,639

Median household income

$55,075$74,712

Median home value

$150,600$261,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blades	Lincoln
Under 5	13.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	3.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	21.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	4.3%
75 and over	4.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blades	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	17.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	70.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blades	Lincoln
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	46.1%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blades	Lincoln
Drove alone	89.2%	99.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blades	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	82.9%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	37.6%

Poverty & households

	Blades	Lincoln
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.91	4.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1973	1982