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Blades, DE map Population (year 2000): 956. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,000 (+4.6% change)
 

Males: 449  (47.0%)
Females: 507  (53.0%)

Sussex County

Median resident age:  32.7 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19973.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,100 (it was $28,864 in 2000)
Blades  $33,100
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $106,000 (it was $63,800 in 2000)
Blades  $106,000
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Blades:

  • White Non-Hispanic (67.4%)
  • Black (21.8%)
  • Hispanic (6.6%)
  • Other race (4.0%)
  • Two or more races (2.8%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Asian Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: Irish (19.1%), United States (13.1%), English (9.9%), German (5.8%), Italian (4.0%), West Indian (2.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 20 feet

Land area: 0.43 square miles.

Population density: 2296 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Blades

  • High school or higher: 56.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.9%
  • Unemployed: 8.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Blades town

  • Never married: 28.9%
  • Now married: 41.8%
  • Separated: 4.0%
  • Widowed: 8.3%
  • Divorced: 17.0%

83 residents are foreign born (7.1% Latin America, 1.0% Asia).

This town:  8.7%
Delaware:  5.7%



According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Blades, Delaware in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Blades to the number of sex offenders is 199 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Blades:  1.0% ($617)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
Blades satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Vineland, NJ (71.3 miles , pop. 56,271).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (83.6 miles , pop. 651,154).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (99.6 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Seaford, DE (1.0 miles ), Bethel, DE (4.6 miles) , Laurel, DE (5.8 miles ), Bridgeville, DE (7.5 miles ), Galestown, MD (8.8 miles) , Sharptown, MD (10.0 miles ), District 10, Sharptown, MD (10.5 miles ), Greenwood, DE (12.0 miles ).

Latitude: 38.63 N, Longitude: 75.61 W


4 people in homes for the mentally ill

Area code commonly used in this area: 302

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Population change in the 1990s: -123 (-11.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (25%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Chemicals (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (20%)
  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Social assistance (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
  • Carpenters (10%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Registered nurses (3%)


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Crime in Blades by Year

Type 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 10001
    per 100,000 103.00.00.00.098.9
Robberies 02000
    per 100,000 0.0202.80.00.00.0
Assaults 64243
    per 100,000 617.9405.7199.8397.2296.7
Burglaries 105345
    per 100,000 1029.9507.1299.7397.2494.6
Thefts 22762018
    per 100,000 2265.7709.9599.41986.11780.4
Auto thefts 20110
    per 100,000 206.00.099.999.30.0
Arson 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 198.7) 385.2205.992.9194.6244.3

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.01
US city average:  3.00

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Blades-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Delaware state average. It is 37% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/2002, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 24.5 miles away from the Blades town center caused $150,000 in damages.

On 7/18/1984, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 11.7 miles away from the town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Blades:
  • NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 1 miles; SEAFORD, DE)
  • DEER'S HEAD CENTER (about 17 miles; SALISBURY, MD)
  • HEALTHSOUTH CHESAPEAKE REHAB HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; SALISBURY, MD)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Blades:
  • SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 22 miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
  • DOVER AFB (about 35 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 71 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blades:
  • LAUREL (about 8 miles; LAUREL, DE; ID: N06)
  • CHORMAN (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, DE; ID: D74)
  • BENNETT (about 17 miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: 1N5)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Blades:
  • SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Full-time enrollment: 5,645)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS (about 19 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 32 miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; FT enrollment: 2,940)
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; Dover, DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 64 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (about 65 miles; ANNAPOLIS, MD; FT enrollment: 4,172)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 66 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Blades and their reported violations in the past:

BLADES, TOWN OF (Population served: 1200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2001 and JAN-2003, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-10-2001), St Public Notif issued (SEP-10-2001), St Compliance achieved (JAN-29-2003)

Average household size:
This town:  2.7 people
Delaware:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  66.9%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  9.3%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  20.3%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  7.0%
Whole state:  4.4%

Blades compared to Delaware state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 0$0 1$1,329
Police Protection - Officers 2$5,536$33,2160$0
Other Government Administration 0$0 6$908
Financial Administration 2$3,986$23,9160$0
Totals for Government 4$9,522$28,5667$2,237



7.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,947 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.10%
Delaware average:  6.10%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($184 average AGI)
Sussex County:  0.07%
Delaware average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Castle County, DE  0.87% ($62,931 average AGI)
from Wicomico County, MD  0.36% ($40,402)
from Anne Arundel County, MD  0.25% ($64,047)


4.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,334 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.72%
Delaware average:  5.32%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($266 average AGI)
Sussex County:  0.03%
Delaware average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kent County, DE  0.91% ($35,501 average AGI)
to Wicomico County, MD  0.41% ($32,937)
to Worcester County, MD  0.15% ($35,098)


Strongest AM radio stations in Blades:
  • WJWK (1280 AM; 1 kW; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WJWL (900 AM; 11 kW; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WTGM (960 AM; 10 kW; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WJDY (1470 AM; 5 kW; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WWGB (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; INDIAN HEAD, MD; Owner: GOOD BODY MEDIA, LLC)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Blades:
  • WSCL (89.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WGBG (98.5 FM; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WKDB (95.3 FM; LAUREL, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WTDK (107.1 FM; FEDERALSBURG, MD; Owner: MTS BROADCASTING, L.C.)
  • WLVW-FM (105.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAAI (100.9 FM; HURLOCK, MD; Owner: MTS BROADCASTING, L.C.)
  • WZBH (93.5 FM; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WQHQ (104.7 FM; OCEAN CITY-SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WXPZ (101.3 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WICO-FM (97.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WZEB (101.7 FM; OCEAN VIEW, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WAFL (97.7 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WESM (91.3 FM; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, EASTERN SHORE)
  • W204AY (88.7 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
  • WSBY-FM (98.9 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDIH (90.3 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY EDUCATIONAL B/C FOUNDATION)

TV broadcast stations around Blades:
  • WDPB (Channel 64; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WBOC-TV (Channel 16; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: WBOC, INC.)
  • WMDT (Channel 47; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP)
  • W38BN (Channel 38; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY EDUCATIONAL B/CTING FOUND.)
  • WCPB (Channel 28; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION)

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