Housing · Blades
Blades, DE housing market
The typical Blades home is worth about $235,000, down 3.6% in a year, 42% below the Delaware typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Blades compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
The market right now
Blades at a glance
Typical home value
$235K
▼ 3.6% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend
Typical home value, 2016–2026
BladesDelaware
Show as a table
| January | Blades | Delaware |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $161,000 | $256,000 |
| 2018 | $170,000 | $263,000 |
| 2019 | $197,000 | $271,000 |
| 2020 | $201,000 | $277,000 |
| 2021 | $237,000 | $306,000 |
| 2022 | $264,000 | $344,000 |
| 2023 | $276,000 | $370,000 |
| 2024 | $271,000 | $388,000 |
| 2025 | $267,000 | $397,000 |
| 2026 | $244,000 | $404,000 |
| August 2026 | $235,000 | $406,000 |
Affordability
4.1 years of income
The typical Blades home costs about 4.1 years of the town's median household income, less than across Delaware (4.8 years).
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
The homes
Owners, rent & taxes
Homeownership
70.4%
Delaware: 73%
Median tax bill
$1,028
Delaware: $1,768
Median rent
$1,012
Delaware: $1,401
Typical home built
1978
Delaware: 1987
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.