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Townsend town, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Townsend town is a Census town of 2,832 people across 1.06 square miles of land, in New Castle County. Median household income is $153,000, 93.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $570,000.
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Townsend
What Townsend is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.06 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,671
- County holding the largest share of its areaNew Castle County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Townsend
- Population2,832
- Median age36.5
- Population under 18833
- Share under 1829.4 percent
- Population 65 and over173 plus or minus 56
- Share 65 and over6.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Households794
- Family households602
- Share of households that are families75.8 percent plus or minus 16.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Townsend
- Median household income$153,000 plus or minus $31,177
- Per capita income$48,088
- Civilian labor force1,715
- Employed1,651
- Unemployed64 plus or minus 34
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over1,777
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.5 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.3 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Townsend
- Housing units806
- Occupied units794
- Vacant units12 plus or minus 15
- Vacancy rate1.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied742
- Renter occupied52 plus or minus 35
- Ownership rate93.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$465,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,193
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Single family units800
- Share single family99.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more0.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2006
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Townsend gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,198
- Commuting under 15 minutes216 plus or minus 86
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more727 plus or minus 159
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more60.7 percent
- Drove alone59.6 percent
- Carpooled7.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home26.4 percent plus or minus 10.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Townsend (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$570,000
- Average approval$71,250
- Median approval$40,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$352,000
- Largest approval$352,000
- Jobs supported17
- Jobs per approval2.1
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Townsend (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$2,933,000
- Average approval$977,667
- Median approval$1,208,000
- Largest approval$1,493,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
New Castle County, not Townsend
New Castle County context, not Townsend figures
These are New Castle County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Townsend measurements.
- Establishments in New Castle County17,855
- Employment at those establishments, New Castle County306,745
- Covered employment, New Castle County303,806
- Average annual pay, New Castle County$80,334
- Average weekly wage, New Castle County$1,545
- Housing units permitted, New Castle County1,586
- Of those, single family, New Castle County1,364
- County product, 2024, New Castle County$75,963,832,000
- County product change over the prior year, New Castle County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, New Castle County$78,585
Every figure in this section is published for New Castle County as a whole and is not a measurement of Townsend. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Townsend questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Townsend, Delaware?
2,832, in 794 households. Townsend town covers 1.06 square miles of land, which is 2,671 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Townsend in?
New Castle County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Townsend?
$153,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $465,100. Median gross rent is $1,193 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Townsend businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $570,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $40,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $2.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Townsend, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Townsend borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Townsend. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Townsend figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for New Castle County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Townsend.
Is zoning published for Townsend?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.