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Seaford city, Delaware: commercial real estate data.
Seaford city is a Census city of 8,485 people across 5.08 square miles of land, in Sussex County. Median household income is $54,016, 49.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.8 m.
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Seaford
What Seaford is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.08 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,669
- 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.
Seaford
How many people live in Seaford
- Population8,485
- Median age41.1
- Population under 181,970 plus or minus 444
- Share under 1823.2 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over1,578 plus or minus 441
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households3,516
- Family households2,415
- Share of households that are families68.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seaford
Income and work in Seaford
- Median household income$54,016 plus or minus $11,620
- Per capita income$29,868
- Civilian labor force4,317
- Employed3,753
- Unemployed564 plus or minus 306
- Unemployment rate13.1 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over5,846
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seaford
Housing in Seaford
- Housing units3,908
- Occupied units3,516
- Vacant units392 plus or minus 181
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied1,741
- Renter occupied1,775
- Ownership rate49.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$224,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,176
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Single family units2,540
- Share single family65.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,368 plus or minus 372
- Share in buildings of two or more35.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seaford
How Seaford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,450
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,296 plus or minus 325
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.6 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,682 plus or minus 418
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.8 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Drove alone73.4 percent
- Carpooled16.6 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home6.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seaford
SBA 7(a) lending to Seaford borrowers
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$10,763,000
- Average approval$430,520
- Median approval$99,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,587,000
- Largest approval$3,000,000
- Jobs supported198
- Jobs per approval7.9
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full8
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
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.
Seaford
SBA 504 lending to Seaford borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$2,128,000
- Average approval$709,333
- Median approval$591,000
- Largest approval$1,030,000
- Jobs supported54
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Sussex County, not Seaford
Sussex County context, not Seaford 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 Seaford 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 Seaford. 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
Seaford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Seaford, Delaware?
8,485, in 3,516 households. Seaford city covers 5.08 square miles of land, which is 1,669 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Seaford 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 Seaford?
$54,016. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $224,300. Median gross rent is $1,176 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Seaford businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $10.8 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $99,500, plus 3 504 approvals worth $2.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Seaford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Seaford borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Seaford. 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 Seaford 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 Seaford.
Is zoning published for Seaford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.