Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety42#8,990/15,637
Economy75#3,968/15,631
Housing88#1,724/14,977
Health49#7,934/15,609
Healthcare27#11,376/15,650
Environment81#2,931/15,453
Education36#10,077/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,608/15,650
Community50#7,867/15,651
Leisure & amenities82#2,863/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Frankford, Delaware ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sussex County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.30%
97/100Delaware 0.54%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Unemployment rate · low0.2%
96/100Delaware 4.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
New business applications · high24.8 /1k
96/100Delaware 56.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSussex County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Delaware 55.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSussex County value
Rent as share of income · low17.4%
94/100Delaware 29.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Child care cost burden · low20.7%
93/100Delaware 22.3%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSussex County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low22 /100k
6/100Delaware 46 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSussex County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high28.5%
14/100Delaware 8.3%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Access to exercise opportunities · low54.8%
14/100Delaware 78.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSussex County value
Dental care shortage · high16.0
18/100Delaware 9.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSussex County value
Distance to an airport · high78 mi
18/100Delaware 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSussex County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high65 mi
20/100Delaware 26 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSussex County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
867 (2015-2019) → 1,215 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.2% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
−41 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
84.9% (2015-2019) → 63.4% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.5% (2015-2019) → 17.4% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$42,875 (2015-2019) → $77,206 (2020-2024)
+80%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
18.9% (2015-2019) → 4.1% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Frankford, Delaware improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+80%$42,875 → $77,206

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Frankford, Delaware between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	20.0 min2020-2024	−5.9 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Broadband subscriptions	71.8%2015-2019	78.3%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Effective property tax rate	0.32%2015-2019	0.30%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	84.9%2015-2019	63.4%2020-2024	−21 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5082015-2019	0.3972020-2024	−0.111	Within the margin of error	97%
Median household income	$42,8752015-2019	$77,2062020-2024	+80%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	16.4%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	36.5%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	−19 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.5%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	2%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Frankford, Delaware five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Frankford, Delaware in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Frankford, Delaware itself moved +23.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,215 residents (±451)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (−4.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,215 residents (±451)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

White19%†228
Black29%†351
Hispanic or Latino50%†608
Asian1.8%†22
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.5%†6

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−7.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

752 residents (±246)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

No high school diploma37%†275
High school or GED31%†233
Some college9.0%†68
Associate degree8.0%†60
Bachelor's degree13%†101
Graduate degree2.0%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (+21.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

332 households (±98)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Under $25k22%†74
$25k–50k6.6%†22
$50k–75k17%†55
$75k–100k12%†39
$100k–150k30%†98
$150k–200k12%†41
$200k or more0.9%†3

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−25.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

332 households (±98)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Own61%†201
Rent39%†131

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

119 households (±62)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Under $75019%†23
$750–1,00026%†31
$1,000–1,50039%†46

Home values

201 homes (±76)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Under $150k19%†39
$150k–250k23%†46
$250k–400k29%†58

Age of homes

389 homes (±102)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

2010 or later12%†47
2000–200913%†49
1980–199916%†64

Size of homes

389 homes (±102)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.4%†17
2 bedrooms29%†112

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

620 workers (±240)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Drive alone72%†449
Carpool21%†129
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.2%†1
Work from home6.1%†38
Other0.5%†3

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

582 workers (±237)

Frankford, Delaware
Delaware share

Under 15 min30%†173
15–29 min49%†286
30–44 min18%†105

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Seaford, DE

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Sussex County, the county holding most of Frankford's residents.

Sussex County has 6,411 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Delaware's), with 78,541 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,039. The Census Bureau also counts 24,311 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,411; 24,311 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Delaware 287
Paid employees: 78,541
Average annual pay: $51,039; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sussex County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	585	22.2	1.21×About typical	10,901	$29,176	85
Ambulatory health care services	449	17	0.82×About typical	5,355	$79,906	956
Specialty trade contractors	448	17	1.10×About typical	3,696	$60,190	1,911
Full-service restaurants	317	12	1.56×More than typical	7,405	$31,580	30
Lessors of real estate	314	11.9	0.97×About typical	1,562	$51,786	3,540
Construction of buildings	269	10.2	1.35×More than typical	1,645	$73,047	904
Services to buildings and dwellings	266	10.1	1.49×More than typical	2,899	$42,768	1,627
Limited-service restaurants	195	7.4	0.92×About typical	2,787	$22,921	43
Management, scientific and technical consulting	187	7.1	1.06×About typical	474	$96,042	1,118
Building equipment contractors	181	6.9	1.14×About typical	1,826	$61,859	379
Clothing and accessories stores	181	6.9	1.89×More than typical	1,609	$25,639	197
Offices of physicians	173	6.6	1.01×About typical	2,195	$102,278	187

Rank places for an industry Open Sussex County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 264,046 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Frankford, Delaware: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.4FY2018
2.9KFY2023
1.4KFY2024
1.5KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Frankford, Delaware, so they do not add up across cities.

Frankford, Delaware's figures are part of those of Sussex County, DE ($19.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Frankford is mostly in Sussex County.

See federal money in Sussex County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Frankford, Delaware is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sarah McBrideD-DE · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Sussex County65100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Seaford, DE68

Other cities and towns in Sussex County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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