Oldest housing in Delaware

Delaware counties and cities ranked by median year structure built.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Delaware by median year structure built — which have the oldest housing stock, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among cities & places, Bethel leads at 1938.

Cities & places

#	Name	Median year built
1	Bethel	1938
2	Leipsic	1938
3	Magnolia	1938
4	Port Penn	1938
5	Viola	1938
6	Bellefonte	1940
7	Houston	1942
8	Odessa	1945
9	Arden	1946
10	Wilmington	1946
11	Ardentown	1948
12	Elsmere	1955
13	Little Creek	1955
14	Edgemoor	1957
15	Newport	1958
16	Wilmington Manor	1958
17	Ardencroft	1962
18	Delaware City	1962
19	New Castle	1963
20	Rodney Village	1963
21	Claymont	1964
22	Brookside	1967
23	Harrington	1969
24	Slaughter Beach	1969
25	Woodside	1971
26	Laurel	1972
27	Blades	1973
28	Greenville	1973
29	Highland Acres	1973
30	Henlopen Acres	1975
31	Rehoboth Beach	1975
32	Bowers	1976
33	Frankford	1976
34	Frederica	1976
35	Newark	1977
36	Wyoming	1977
37	Pike Creek Valley	1978
38	Seaford	1979
39	Hockessin	1980
40	Dagsboro	1981
41	Kent Acres	1981
42	Georgetown	1982
43	Lincoln	1982
44	Dewey Beach	1985
45	Dover	1985
46	Milford	1987
47	Bethany Beach	1988
48	North Star	1988
49	Pike Creek	1988
50	Fenwick Island	1989
51	Riverview	1990
52	Delmar	1992
53	Greenwood	1992
54	Lewes	1992
55	Glasgow	1993
56	South Bethany	1993
57	Farmington	1994
58	Woodside East	1994
59	Felton	1995
60	Bear	1996
61	Dover Base Housing	2001
62	St. Georges	2001
63	Camden	2002
64	Ellendale	2002
65	Kenton	2002
66	Long Neck	2002
67	Milton	2002
68	Rising Sun-Lebanon	2002
69	Smyrna	2002
70	Clayton	2004
71	Hartly	2004
72	Bridgeville	2005
73	Middletown	2005
74	Ocean View	2005
75	Selbyville	2005
76	Townsend	2006
77	Cheswold	2008
78	Millsboro	2010

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