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Fenwick Island town, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Fenwick Island town is a Census town of 401 people across 0.33 square miles of land, in Sussex County. Median household income is $113,125, 94.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $290,000.
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Fenwick Island
What Fenwick Island is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.33 sq mi
- Water area0.15 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,210
- 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.
Fenwick Island
How many people live in Fenwick Island
- Population401
- Median age66.8
- Population under 185 plus or minus 14
- Share under 181.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Population 65 and over230
- Share 65 and over57.4 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Households205
- Family households148 plus or minus 32
- Share of households that are families72.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fenwick Island
Income and work in Fenwick Island
- Median household income$113,125 plus or minus $22,658
- Per capita income$100,572
- Civilian labor force146 plus or minus 38
- Employed141 plus or minus 36
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over380
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent plus or minus 19.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher56.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.1 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fenwick Island
Housing in Fenwick Island
- Housing units733
- Occupied units205
- Vacant units528
- Vacancy rate72.0 percent
- Owner occupied194
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 6
- Ownership rate94.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,394,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,438 plus or minus $663
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.3 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Single family units693
- Share single family94.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more33 plus or minus 22
- Share in buildings of two or more4.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fenwick Island
How Fenwick Island gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute76 plus or minus 26
- Commuting under 15 minutes31 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.8 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more24 plus or minus 19
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.6 percent plus or minus 22.0
- Drove alone50.0 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Carpooled0.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.3 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Worked from home44.9 percent plus or minus 12.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fenwick Island
SBA loans in Fenwick Island (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$290,000
- Average approval$145,000
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Fenwick Island
SBA loans in Fenwick Island (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$682,000
- Average approval$682,000
- Median approval$682,000
- Largest approval$682,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sussex County, not Fenwick Island
Sussex County context, not Fenwick Island 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 Fenwick Island 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 Fenwick Island. 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
Fenwick Island questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fenwick Island, Delaware?
401, in 205 households. Fenwick Island town covers 0.33 square miles of land, which is 1,210 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fenwick Island 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 Fenwick Island?
$113,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,394,700. Median gross rent is $1,438 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fenwick Island businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $290,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $682,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fenwick Island, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fenwick Island borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fenwick Island. only 0 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 Fenwick Island 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 Fenwick Island.
Is zoning published for Fenwick Island?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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