2021 Eastside Housing Study

PROJECT SYNOPSIS

At the request of the Central Baptist Community Development Corporation (CBCDC), the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA) has developed this housing market study. This report is meant to be used as a source of information and analysis for the CBCDC and outlines strategies and opportunities for a path forward for housing in the Eastside neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware. The report has been funded by a grant received by the CBCDC from Healthy Communities Delaware and builds on the neighborhood’s last investment plan, which was completed in June of 2013. The report identifies demographic information, economic conditions, and housing conditions within the neighborhood by utilizing Census ACS data, recent planning studies, recent sales data collected from the City of Wilmington, and additional market information gathered from interviews with neighborhood stakeholders and real estate professionals and property owners who are active in the Eastside area. The report uses the data and information gathered to analyze housing conditions in the area and outline strategies and opportunities for the neighborhood to pursue as a path forward in the near future.