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Lewes city, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Lewes city is a Census city of 3,505 people across 4.19 square miles of land, in Sussex County. Median household income is $96,393, 87.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 53 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.7 m.
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Lewes
What Lewes is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.19 sq mi
- Water area0.92 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land836
- 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.
Lewes
How many people live in Lewes
- Population3,505
- Median age67.2
- Population under 18224 plus or minus 98
- Share under 186.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Population 65 and over2,078
- Share 65 and over59.3 percent
- Households1,747
- Family households1,144
- Share of households that are families65.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewes
Income and work in Lewes
- Median household income$96,393 plus or minus $32,008
- Per capita income$80,704
- Civilian labor force1,138
- Employed1,091
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 58
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over3,189
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher67.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree41.6 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewes
Housing in Lewes
- Housing units3,041
- Occupied units1,747
- Vacant units1,294
- Vacancy rate42.6 percent
- Owner occupied1,522
- Renter occupied225 plus or minus 111
- Ownership rate87.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$826,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$381 plus or minus $242
- Annual rent as a share of median income4.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Single family units2,140
- Share single family70.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more872 plus or minus 308
- Share in buildings of two or more28.7 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Mobile homes29 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewes
How Lewes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute650 plus or minus 166
- Commuting under 15 minutes289 plus or minus 101
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.5 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more175 plus or minus 77
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.9 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Drove alone51.8 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Carpooled1.7 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Worked from home40.2 percent plus or minus 9.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewes
SBA loans in Lewes (7(a))
- Approvals53
- Gross approval$13,716,900
- Average approval$258,809
- Median approval$60,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$419,000
- Largest approval$3,848,000
- Jobs supported343
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full8
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.7 percent
- Share to franchises7.5 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS37
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 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.
Lewes
SBA loans in Lewes (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,388,000
- Average approval$1,129,333
- Median approval$764,000
- Largest approval$2,087,000
- Jobs supported33
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sussex County, not Lewes
Sussex County context, not Lewes 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 Lewes 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 Lewes. 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
Lewes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lewes, Delaware?
3,505, in 1,747 households. Lewes city covers 4.19 square miles of land, which is 836 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lewes 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 Lewes?
$96,393. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $826,100. Median gross rent is $381 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lewes businesses?
53 7(a) approvals totalling $13.7 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $60,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $3.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lewes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lewes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lewes. only 9 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 Lewes 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 Lewes.
Is zoning published for Lewes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.