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About Blades
Town in Delaware, United StatesBlades is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,179. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Housing in Blades
The typical Blades home is worth about $235,000, down 3.6% in a year, 42% below the Delaware typical home.
Safety in Blades
Safety Grade C-
Blades reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less.
Schools in Blades
All Blades schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Blades’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Delaware’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within DE. Ratings are from neighbors.
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