Blades is a very small town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 1,454 people and just one neighborhood, Blades is the 31st largest community in Delaware.
Blades is a blue-collar town, with 52.91% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Blades is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blades who work in sales jobs (7.23%), food service (7.05%), and healthcare suport services (6.35%).
The rate of college-level education in Blades is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.16% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Blades in 2018 was $19,564, which is low income relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,256 for a family of four. However, Blades contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Blades is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Blades home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blades residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Blades also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.35% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Blades include Haitian, Irish, German, English, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Blades's cultural character, accounting for 23.06% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Blades is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
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Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2020.
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to DE* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Blades Elementary School
900 South Arch Street Blades, DE 19973 |
KG-02 | ||
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
1 Swain Road Seaford, DE 19973 |
03-05 | ||
Laurel Intermediate Middle School
1133 S Central Ave Laurel, DE 19956 |
06-08 | ||
Laurel Senior High School
1133 South Central Avenue Laurel, DE 19956 |
09-12 | ||
North Laurel Elementary School
300 Wilson Street Laurel, DE 19956 |
PK-KG | ||
Seaford Middle School
500 East Stein Highway Seaford, DE 19973 |
06-08 | ||
Seaford Senior High School
399 North Market Street Ext Seaford, DE 19973 |
09-12 | ||
West Seaford Elementary School
511 Sussex Avenue Seaford, DE 19973 |
PK-02 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 0.0% | |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 0.0% | |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 0.0% |
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