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Demographics

People

Total Population	1,366
Male Share of the Population	49%
Female Share of the Population	51%
Senior Citizens	14.1%
Employed Population 16+	534
Age of the Population	34

Families

% of people married	45.9%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	8.9%
Median Earnings25+	$30,052
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$24,167
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$29,250

Wealth

Median Family Income	$48,646
% Above Poverty Level	74.7%
% Below Poverty Level	25.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.6%
% Using Public Transportation	3%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.7%
Median Gross Rent	$1,044
Median House Value	$150,800

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	41.1%
Haitian	18.6%
West Indian	18.6%
Irish	16%
German	9.2%
English	5.8%
Scottish	1.5%
African	0.9%
Italian	0.9%
Polish	0.7%
Hungarian	0.7%
US/American	0.7%
Ukrainian	0.2%
Swiss	0.2%
Portuguese	0.2%
Slovak	0.2%
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Blades Almanac

Category	Value
County	Sussex County
Standard Zip Codes	19973
Phone Area Codes	302
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	38.64
Approximate Longitude	-75.61

Blades Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	GEORGETOWN 5 SW
Distance	8.7 miles
Jan Temp	25 to 44 F
Apr Temp	41 to 64 F
Jul Temp	65 to 87 F
Oct Temp	45 to 68 F
Annual Precip	45.3 inches

Station	SALISBURY
Distance	18.7 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 46 F
Apr Temp	45 to 67 F
Jul Temp	68 to 87 F
Oct Temp	48 to 70 F
Annual Precip	45.9 inches

Station	DENTON 2 E
Distance	20 miles
Jan Temp	25 to 44 F
Apr Temp	42 to 67 F
Jul Temp	65 to 89 F
Oct Temp	45 to 70 F
Annual Precip	43.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bridgeville	2,696	$52,500
Delmar	1,790	$49,125
Georgetown	7,123	$53,712
Greenwood	1,017	$60,484
Laurel	4,211	$34,332
Seaford	7,572	$52,847

Blades Public Schools

Blades Elementary School
900 South Arch Street
ZIP: 19973
(302) 628-4416
Primary
Total Enrollment 575

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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