New Castle County Communities
Every community we cover in New Castle County, all-ages and 55+ together, 57 in all. They are split the way people here actually think about the county: south of the C&D Canal and north of it, then grouped by town.
See these communities on our Delaware Community Map, with filters for county and 55+.
Looking for age-restricted communities only? See New Castle County 55+ communities. For the rest of the state, see all-ages communities in Delaware.
South of the Canal
Below the C&D Canal, Middletown, Townsend and Odessa. Newer construction, larger lots and more land per dollar, with the canal bridges between here and Wilmington. 30 communities.
Middletown
- Carter Farm
- Chapel Creek
- Copperleaf
- Crossings at Silver Lake
- Four Seasons at Baymont Farm 55+
- Four Seasons at Pennfield 55+
- Four Seasons at Silver Maple 55+
- Freestone Village
- Hyetts Landing 55+
- Legacy at The Preserve at Deep Creek 55+
- Monarch
- Parks Edge at Bayberry 55+
- Parkside
- Pleasanton
- Ponds at Bayberry 55+
- Ponds of Odessa
- Rothwell Estates
- Spring Arbor 55+
- Springmill 55+
- The Grove at Bayberry
- The Overlook at Bayberry
- Town of Whitehall
- Traditions at Whitehall 55+
- Whispering Woods 55+
- Winchelsea 55+
Odessa
Townsend
- Spring Oaks
- The Preserve at Robinson Farms 55+
- The Villas at The Preserve at Robinson Farms 55+
- The Woods at Hidden Creek
North of the Canal
Above the C&D Canal, Wilmington, Newark, Bear and New Castle. Closer to the city, the hospitals, the university and the Philadelphia corridor, with established neighbourhoods and shorter commutes north. 27 communities.
Bear
Hockessin
Montchanin
New Castle
Newark
- Briarcreek North 55+
- Crossings at Christiana 55+
- French Park Townhomes
- Pine View Townhomes
- Steeple Glenn 55+
- The Cascades 55+
- Traditions at Christiana 55+
- Village of Long Creek 55+
- Whitewood Village