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Where to Retire in Bridgeville and Home Prices

There is at least one active adult/55+ community in the area (see Bridgeville Active Communities link at top left).
According to Zillow the median home value was $281,113 in early 2022 .

What Is Special about Bridgeville

The Delmarva Peninsula is still very rural and charming, prices and taxes are lower than in many comparable areas.

What Is Not Special about Bridgeville

Bridgeville is remote in an agricultural area. For big box shopping or the movies you need to drive to Dover or the like. But when you do that watch out for speed traps on Rte 13.

Climate and Physical Environment

Bridgeville is west of Georgetown and Rehoboth Beach on the Delmarva Peninsula. The average July high temperature is 86 and the average January low is 24. The wettest month is July (almost 5").

Restaurants & Cultural Scene

Bridgeville hosts two popular festivals each autumn.  The Apple Scrapple Festival and the World Championship Pumpkin Chunkin. The Apple Scrapple celebrates the importance of both apples and scrapple to the region. The festival includes live entertainment and over 500 vendors and crafters.  This event has been written up in USA Today and was named a Top 100 Event in North America by the American Business Association.  The World Championship Pumpkin Chunkin is a competition of hurling pumpkins using mechanical means.  This event has been covered on TV by the Science Channel and includes rides, vendors and entertainment.

Crime

Crime in Bridgeville is just under the national average.

Medical Facilities

Nanticoke Memorial Hospital is 7 miles away in Seaford.

Transportation

Huey Airport is a privately owned airport. The nearest regional airport is in Salisbury about 35 miles away, and the closest international airport is the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport approximately 75 miles from here. Bridgeville is about average in walkability when compared other communities.

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