Originally a 19th-century mill town along the Indian River, Millsboro is now the second fastest-growing city in Delaware’s Sussex County. Within the last 20 years, many of the town’s former lumberyards and orchards have been developed into master-planned communities. The 2021 Millsboro Comprehensive Plan added a shopping center, medical centers and more residential building permits. Toni Schrock, a Millsboro local and Realtor with Northrop Realty, accredits this growth to beach proximity. “Within the last few decades, developers have realized that Millsboro is about a 30-minute drive to Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach.” But even with all this development, Millsboro only has 7,700 residents. “It’s still a really quiet, small town. We have a quaint little downtown area and some cute community events,” Schrock adds.
With its easy access along major thorofares, the greater Millsboro area is commerce center.
Watching the sunrise from Bethany Beach is always a treat for those living in Millsboro.
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Millsboro has homes on the water and golf courses
Millsboro offers New Traditional-style houses built between the early 2000s and 2020s. Some communities are still being built, including The Peninsula, where craftsman-style and stilt-style homes can sit along the bay or line the private golf course. Other master-planned golf course neighborhoods here include Plantation Lakes and Baywood Greens. “A lot of people buy these golf course houses when they retire, or they’re people’s second homes,” Schrock says. Millsboro’s median single-family home price is $435,000, lower than Sussex County’s $480,000. Townhouses have a median selling price of $465,000. Millsboro experiences all four seasons, with cold winters and humid summers. Heavy rainfall and tropical storms occasionally cause the river to overflow, requiring homeowners near the waterway to have flood insurance.
Based on 2023 data from the State of Delaware Statistical Analysis Center, the violent crime rate in Sussex County was almost three times higher than Delaware’s rate, but the property crime rate was about half that of Delaware's.
Newer homes such as these colonials make up much of the housing stock in Millsboro.
This large farmhouse looks right at home on a spacious lot in Millsboro.
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Summer concerts and fireworks at Millsboro parks
Home to the largest bald cypress tree in the state, Cupola Park is a shady green space on the Indian River. There’s a waitlist to rent one of the 24 boat slips, but the park also has two boat ramps, and fishing is permitted. Locals sit on camping chairs and picnic blankets outside the gazebo for the Concert in the Park series, put on twice a month between June and September. Though it’s held at the end of June, the Stars and Stripes event celebrates the Fourth of July with food trucks and a firework show at W.B. Atkins Memorial Park, where the Millsboro Little League has games. “Everybody comes out for Stars and Stripes. It used to be at Cupola Park, but it flooded a few too many times, so the event was moved to the Little League diamonds,” Schrock says.
Driving to Rehoboth Beach, 19 miles northeast, and Bethany Beach, 15 miles southeast, is also a common weekend activity for locals.
Warwick Park on Indian River Bay is peaceful way to spend a day in Millsboro.
The Cupola Park playground is a favorite of kids in and around Millsboro.
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Locally owned restaurants downtown, chain retailers at Peninsula Crossing
Breakfast cafes and antique stores fill brick buildings in downtown Millsboro. During the first weekend of December, floats and locals dressed as Santa travel along Main Street for the Millsboro Christmas Parade. The comprehensive plan helped develop Peninsula Crossing, a shopping center with grocery stores and big-box retailers. “It was the first major shopping center in town. Before we had it, people drove to Milton, Selbyville and even Rehoboth for good shopping,” Schrock says.
Millsboro residents come to The Country Kitchen Restaurant for a hearty breakfast.
A double burger and and a game of pool is the way some Millsboro folks spend an evening.
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Millsboro is in a highly rated school district
The town is zoned for the Indian River School District, which earns a B-plus rating from Niche. It serves nearly 10,800 students between prekindergarten and high school and has a 14-to-1 student-teacher ratio. There are three elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools.
Millsboro Middle School is an above average, public school located in Millsboro, DE.
Sussex Central High School is an above average, public school located in Georgetown, DE.
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Major highways and a new Beebe Healthcare campus
U.S. Route 113 stretches through the middle of town, making Dover a 45-mile drive north. Philadelphia is 125 miles in the same direction on Delaware state Route 1 and Interstate 95, while Washington, D.C., is 114 miles west on Route 50. The Salisbury Regional Airport, 25 miles south, offers daily flights with American Airlines. Delaware Authority for Regional Transit buses in the area only follows two routes, one leading to Rehoboth and another to Georgetown. Traffic in Millsboro occasionally stops at streets intersecting with the Delmarva Central Railroad.
Several medical facilities are in town, including Beebe Healthcare's South Coastal Emergency Department. Beebe Healthcare plans to build another emergency room off Route 113, though there’s no projected end date yet. It’s expected to have a pediatric unit and a helicopter pad.
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On average, homes in Millsboro, DE sell after 74 days on the market compared to the national average of 54 days. The median sale price for homes in Millsboro, DE over the last 12 months is $394,615, down 9% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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