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Ellendale town, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Ellendale town is a Census town of 760 people across 0.42 square miles of land, in Sussex County. Median household income is $65,250, 80.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m.
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Ellendale
What Ellendale is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.42 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,789 plus or minus 765
- County holding the largest share of its areaSussex 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.
Ellendale
How many people live in Ellendale
- Population760 plus or minus 325
- Median age26.2 plus or minus 19.2
- Population under 18340 plus or minus 247
- Share under 1844.7 percent plus or minus 26.3
- Population 65 and over82 plus or minus 36
- Share 65 and over10.8 percent
- Households200 plus or minus 59
- Family households152 plus or minus 55
- Share of households that are families76.0 percent plus or minus 15.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ellendale
Income and work in Ellendale
- Median household income$65,250 plus or minus $19,415
- Per capita income$21,828 plus or minus $8,893
- Civilian labor force279 plus or minus 121
- Employed277 plus or minus 121
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over397 plus or minus 143
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.4 percent plus or minus 38.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Ellendale
- Housing units209 plus or minus 59
- Occupied units200 plus or minus 59
- Vacant units9 plus or minus 11
- Vacancy rate4.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied160 plus or minus 53
- Renter occupied40 plus or minus 33
- Ownership rate80.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$269,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$878 plus or minus $452
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Single family units179 plus or minus 57
- Share single family85.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more20 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more9.6 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Mobile homes10 plus or minus 12
- Median year structure built2004
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ellendale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute259 plus or minus 118
- Commuting under 15 minutes35 plus or minus 38
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.5 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more123 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.5 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Drove alone91.3 percent
- Carpooled2.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ellendale
SBA loans in Ellendale (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,058,000
- Average approval$529,000
- Median approval$1,043,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,043,000
- Largest approval$1,043,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term216 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Sussex County, not Ellendale
Sussex County context, not Ellendale figures
These are Sussex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ellendale measurements.
- Establishments in Sussex County6,411
- Employment at those establishments, Sussex County78,541
- Covered employment, Sussex County94,273
- Average annual pay, Sussex County$55,078
- Average weekly wage, Sussex County$1,059
- Housing units permitted, Sussex County4,354
- Of those, single family, Sussex County3,816
- County product, 2024, Sussex County$23,355,694,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sussex County9.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sussex County$127,341
Every figure in this section is published for Sussex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ellendale. 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
Ellendale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ellendale, Delaware?
760, in 200 households. Ellendale town covers 0.42 square miles of land, which is 1,789 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ellendale in?
Sussex 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 Ellendale?
$65,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $269,500. Median gross rent is $878 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ellendale businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,043,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ellendale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ellendale borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ellendale. only 1 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 Ellendale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sussex 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 Ellendale.
Is zoning published for Ellendale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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