The city of Delaware had 139 residents in 2025, in Delaware County, Iowa. Web design in Delaware does not have to be complicated: say what you do, where and how to reach you. If you run a business in Delaware, Aria can put a professional website online for $89 a month, with domain, email and hosting included and no setup fee; the first payment comes only after you approve it.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
Delaware: the numbers behind the market
Homes in Delaware have a median value of $143,400, and renters pay a median of $618 a month, compared with $208,000 and $972 statewide. The typical resident is 55.0 years old, versus 38.6 statewide.
Reaching customers beyond the Delaware city limits
Delaware’s nearest neighbors are Delhi (2.7 miles), Earlville (3.5 miles), Manchester (6.1 miles), Greeley (7.8 miles), Hopkinton (10 miles) and Ryan (11 miles). Manchester, seat of Delaware County, lies 6.1 miles to the west. With 190 residents per square mile on 0.7 square miles of land, Delaware is spread out by Iowa standards. Effigy Mounds National Monument lies within 43 miles of Delaware. If you serve more than one town, your website can have a service area page that names each of them, so a customer in Manchester or Delhi sees right away that you cover them.
By the 1991-2020 normals of the Manchester weather station (5.8 miles from Delaware), July highs average 82°F and January lows average 8°F. Precipitation totals about 39 inches a year, with June the wettest month. A normal winter brings about 35 inches of snow. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 158 times a year. Cold winters mean heating calls, snow plowing and winter car trouble, and the first freeze sends everyone searching at once. Update the homepage before your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.
Website design for the people of Delaware
Delaware is one of 12 municipalities in Delaware County, a county of 17,674 people. Small-town survey numbers are uncertain, so here is Delaware County as a whole: the median household income is $74,989 and the median age is 43.4. Broadband reaches 85.9% of homes, and 12.5% of households are online only through a phone plan. 79.6% of households own their home.
Businesses in and around Delaware
From the 2023 county count for Delaware County:
- Site preparation contractors: 9. Their website should show the equipment you run, the kinds of jobs you take and a contact form for builders and owners.
- Hardware stores: 5. Their website should show departments, store hours and services such as key cutting or rentals.
- Local trucking companies: 8. Their website should show the freight you haul, the areas you cover and a contact form for shippers.
- Auto repair shops: 16. Their website should show the services you do, the makes you work on, hours and a form to describe the problem.
- Insurance agencies: 12. Their website should show a page per type of coverage, the agents and a contact form that sends quote requests to your email.
Across Delaware County, County Business Patterns counted 522 employer establishments in 2023, and the Nonemployer Statistics add 1,498 businesses with no payroll, most of them self-employed owners. Construction accounts for 14.6% of the county’s employer establishments, ahead of other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (13.4%) and retail trade (12.3%). Each of these businesses competes for the same search: someone in Delaware typing what they need and picking from the results that look trustworthy.
What Iowa asks of a business with a website
Before your website goes live, it helps to have the basics of the business in order.
- Iowa’s state sales tax rate is 6%, and many cities and counties add a 1% local option sales tax on top of it. Iowa Department of Revenue
- A federal rule (16 CFR Part 465) makes it unlawful to write, buy or sell fake reviews and testimonials, so the reviews on a business website have to be real. 16 CFR Part 465
Each business is different; this is general information, not legal advice.
Affordable web design: what you get and how it works
Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in Delaware get exactly the same plan as anyone else.
- Fill in the sign-up form (about 5 minutes) and send your logo, photos and texts by email.
- Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Questions from Delaware business owners
Can my website list the towns around Delaware that I serve?
Yes. List Hopkinton, Earlville, Delhi or any other place you work on a service area page, and every page keeps the contact form.
Is a website worth it for a business in a city of 139 people?
Your market is bigger than the city: Delaware County has 1,498 nonemployer businesses and 522 with employees (2023), and customers search across the whole area. A website is how people outside Delaware find you.
Can I sell online from Delaware?
Yes. The plan can be an online store with a catalog, shopping cart and online payment, for the same $89 a month. Collecting sales tax is your responsibility: Iowa’s state rate is 6%, and local taxes may apply.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
Your Delaware website, domain and email in one plan
Sign-up in about 5 minutes, website within 5 business days on a temporary link, and the $89 monthly fee only after you approve it.
- Population figures for Delaware: Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. Households, income, commuting and housing: American Community Survey 2020-2024, 5-year, county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain. Businesses: ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023 and Nonemployer Statistics 2023. Distances: 2025 Gazetteer, straight line.
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00135086).
- Founding year, nickname, elevation, waters, colleges, hospitals, airports and parks: Wikidata (item Q622910), retrieved on October 30, 2026; distances are straight-line.
- Rules for Iowa businesses: official sources linked above, checked on October 30, 2026. County seat: USGS National Atlas.