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Housing costs in New Castle County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,448 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,379 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,327 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,228 | ± $15 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $352,200 | ± $3,776 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $329,800 | ± $3,543 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $312,000 | ± $3,949 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $275,600 | ± $3,097 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.1 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.7 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.5 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.3 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in New Castle County is $1,448, above the Delaware median of $1,354 across 3 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.