Blades vs Rehoboth Beach

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

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

Rehoboth Beach has the higher population (1,388 vs 1,055 in Blades). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $62,596 in Blades). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median home value ($1,238,400 vs $209,600 in Blades).

Population, income & housing

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
Population	1,055	1,388
Median age	35.9 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$141,250
Median home value	$209,600	$1,238,400
Median gross rent	$839	$1,391
Housing units	422	3,184
Homeownership rate	83.2%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
Population	1,374 → 1,055 (-23.2%)	1,400 → 1,388 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $62,596 (+17.1%)	$114,583 → $141,250 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $209,600 (+35.5%)	$1,017,100 → $1,238,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $839 (-19.7%)	$1,261 → $1,391 (+10.3%)

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

Rehoboth Beach

Population

1,4001,388

Median household income

$114,583$141,250

Median home value

$1,017,100$1,238,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
Under 5	13.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	3.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	26.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	26.5%
75 and over	4.9%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.1%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.2%
High school graduate	46.1%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
Drove alone	89.2%	46.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	33.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
1-unit, detached	82.9%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Blades	Rehoboth Beach
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.91	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1973	1975