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Housing costs in Sussex 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 | $1,238 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,221 | ± $44 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,162 | ± $38 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,101 | ± $41 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $382,600 | ± $6,986 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $353,300 | ± $7,520 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $324,400 | ± $6,785 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $285,100 | ± $5,663 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.6 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.8 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.2 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.4 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Sussex County is $1,238, below 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.