Long Neck
Double-wide homes and waterside properties on Long Neck
Beige and white single-wide homes line streets around a 6-acre lake in Pot-Nets Lakeside, Long Neck’s northernmost community. Pot-Nets Bayside, the peninsula’s largest and most central neighborhood, has double wides, often on 3,000-square-foot lots made up of gravel parking spots and small grass yards. Wooden docks and boat tie-ups sit behind three-bedroom shoreline homes in this neighborhood. On the southeastern tip, a dense canopy of loblolly pine trees shades mobile homes in the White House Beach community, where each property comes with a boat slip, regardless of whether it’s on the water. Storm surges and rising sea levels put houses closest to the water at a greater risk of flooding. Buying anywhere on the peninsula typically costs between $75,000 and $450,000. Homeowners in each community also pay monthly land leasing fees, which is common in manufactured home communities, with prices ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 depending on lot square footage. “The land leasing fees are what fund amenities for each neighborhood. It’s essentially a homeowners association fee without the title,” Bennett says. The peninsula also has a few rental options, including the 50 RV parking spots at Paradise Point Community and Campground and Lingo Creek’s Colonial Revival-style apartments. About 20 designated vacation rentals are sprinkled around Bayside, offering one-to-two-week-long stays.Pot-Nets communities have golf cart trails, swimming pools and private beaches
Pot-Nets has six different communities across Millsboro’s coast, and all residents, including those in Lakeside and Bayside, gain access to every community’s recreational facilities. For instance, less than 4 miles northwest, the Baywood neighborhood has two 9-hole golf courses with half-price tee times for Pot-Nets residents. On Long Neck, a half-mile walking trail circles Lakeside’s body of water with a wooden boardwalk leading to a white gazebo at its core. Bingo and wine and cheese socials are regular events in the shingle-style Lakeside Community Center. Pin oak trees and marsh grass border the nearly mile-long fitness and exercise trail, which leads to the community’s first swimming pool and the baseball diamond off Indian Cabin Creek Road. Blue umbrellas shade white lounge chairs around the second swimming pool on Clew Street, where locals will also find a concrete basketball court and two rubber tennis courts. Starting on Loop Drive, the gravel and paved golf cart trail weaves between numerous ponds, ending at Pot-Nets Cove. Queen palm trees sit in front of Pot-Nets Marina’s wooden boat slips, which cost $1,750 to buy. Calm bay water rolls against the 5 miles of residents-only beaches, spread out across the peninsula’s southwestern tip. Hammocks, picnic tables and an American flag dot White House Beach’s section of private shoreline, where anglers often catch rockfish and flounder on rock jetties. Though certain amenities are only available to residents in the six Pot-Nets communities, Bennett says others are accessible for all locals. “Pot-Nets’ walking and golf cart trails aren’t gated-off like the swimming pools and tennis courts, so everyone on the peninsula uses those.” Amusement park rides, seafood restaurants and vintage lampposts line the Rehoboth Beach and Boardwalk, just a 15-mile drive east of Long Neck.Paradise Grill is a summer-only restaurant and live music hub
Painted in shades of yellow, orange and turquoise, Paradise Grill is a waterside restaurant and hangout spot open from May until September with tiki hut bars, a pirate ship playground and boat slips accompanied by a full-service marina. Crowds form around the beachfront stage for DJ sets and tribute bands on Wednesday through Saturday nights. Acoustic musicians perform at the raw bar, where oysters are shucked right in front of patrons. Though Bennett admits the restaurant is a tourist destination, she says it’s still a hot spot for Long Neck locals. “Vacationers come over from Rehoboth Beach for the concerts, but locals will drive golf carts down weekly for dinner and drinks even if there isn’t anything going on. I actually know people who’ve moved here to be closer to Paradise Grill because it’s so fun.”Groceries from a fruit stand or on Delaware Route 5
On Long Neck Road, locally sourced produce and Amish-made groceries stock the wood shelves at Muzzi’s Produce, which has an outdoor fruit stand in the parking lot every summer. Next to Ace Hardware, Longneck Deli is a small counter-service spot where locals pick up freshly made hoagies and Cajun crab dip before going to the beach. Red Coca-Cola logo umbrellas shade patio seating outside Bona Pizza, another take-out spot known for New York City-style pies. Chain grocery stores, including Harris Teeter and Giant Food, and fast-food drive-throughs, like Dunkin’ and McDonald’s, are along Delaware Route 5, just west of Long Neck.A pathway program at Sussex Central High School
Children can attend Long Neck Elementary School and Millsboro Middle School, both graded a B by Niche. They may continue to B-minus-rated Sussex Central High School, where Career and Technical Education Pathways include agricultural engineering, marketing and teaching.Long Neck is a walkable peninsula with easy access to East Coast cities
Though locals can walk or golf cart to the beach, Long Neck Road is convenient for several types of travel. It has several Delaware Authority Regional Transit (DART) bus stops, and the road connects to Maryland Route 404, making Baltimore and Washington D.C. about 120 miles west. Delaware Route 1 is 20 miles north, leading drivers 30 more miles to Dover. The Salisbury Regional Airport, 35 miles south, offers daily flights with American Airlines, and TidalHealth Nanticoke hospital is 30 miles west in Middleford.


Agents Specializing in this Area
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Anthony Lapinsky
Responds QuicklyFirst Coast Realty LLC
(302) 751-5347
158 Total Sales
2 in Long Neck
$85K - $95K Price Range
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Kelly Turner
Keller Williams Realty
(302) 663-7736
133 Total Sales
1 in Long Neck
$55,000 Price
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Joseph Sterner
Responds QuicklyMcWilliams/Ballard, Inc.
(717) 974-3964
118 Total Sales
6 in Long Neck
$40K - $263K Price Range
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Bobby Carter
Responds QuicklyCrown Homes Real Estate
(302) 216-4178
94 Total Sales
1 in Long Neck
$103,000 Price
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Richard Price
Responds QuicklyEXP Realty, LLC
(302) 248-4388
70 Total Sales
1 in Long Neck
$70,000 Price
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Joseph Berchock
RE/MAX Associates - Newark
(484) 779-6870
85 Total Sales
1 in Long Neck
$140,000 Price
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1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime | Long Neck | US |
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Homicide | 3 | 4 |
Sexual Assault | 2 | 4 |
Assault with Weapon | 2 | 4 |
Robbery | 2 | 4 |
Burglary | 2 | 4 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 4 |
Larceny | 3 | 4 |
Crime Score | 2 | 4 |
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Long Neck Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Long Neck, Millsboro sell after 17 days on the market compared to the national average of 70 days. The median sale price for homes in Long Neck, Millsboro over the last 12 months is $372,000.
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