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Across the 43 Delaware towns we route calls in, 59% of housing units are detached houses and 18% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.
The quick answer
Delaware runs 59% detached houses, 18% multi-unit and 7% manufactured across the 43 towns covered here. In a house the disposal is usually the occupant's; in a rented apartment it is usually the landlord's.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.
How Delaware is built
| Housing type | Share of housing units |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 59% |
| Attached houses | 16% |
| Multi-unit buildings | 18% |
| Manufactured and mobile homes | 7% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 455,704 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.
The state does not divide evenly: 19 Delaware towns lead on detached houses, 17 Delaware towns lead on single-family housing, 6 Delaware towns lead on manufactured homes, 1 Delaware towns lead on a mix of building types. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.
The largest towns we route
| Town | Detached | Multi-unit | Housing units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 45% | 27% | 99,261 |
| Newark | 53% | 29% | 55,569 |
| Dover | 52% | 24% | 31,490 |
| New Castle | 59% | 24% | 24,262 |
| Millsboro | 50% | 7% | 19,625 |
| Lewes | 67% | 15% | 19,410 |
| Middletown | 69% | 9% | 17,819 |
| Bear | 50% | 13% | 17,368 |
Checking a plumber in Delaware
Delaware licenses are issued by the Delaware Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Examiners, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
Towns we route in Delaware
- Bear 50% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Bethany Beach 60% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Bridgeville 63% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Camden Wyoming 84% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Claymont 42% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Clayton 87% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Dagsboro 80% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Delaware City 68% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Delmar 70% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Dover 52% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Ellendale 66% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Felton 82% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Fenwick Island 54% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Frankford 71% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Frederica 68% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Georgetown 72% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Greenwood 77% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Harbeson 91% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Harrington 82% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Hartly 72% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Hockessin 81% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Houston 94% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Laurel 68% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Lewes 67% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Lincoln 77% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Magnolia 83% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Marydel 95% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Middletown 69% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Milford 69% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Millsboro 50% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Milton 84% detached · 4% multi-unit
- New Castle 59% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Newark 53% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Ocean View 61% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Odessa 92% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Port Penn 78% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Rehoboth Beach 56% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Seaford 70% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Selbyville 64% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Smyrna 62% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Townsend 82% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Viola 89% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Wilmington 45% detached · 27% multi-unit
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