Delaware · 59 scored ZIPs · September 2026

Delaware: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 59 scored ZIPs in Delaware. Typical home value $397K, +1.3% over 12 months on average; listings take 51 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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Delaware59 scored ZIPs

Leaning buyer−16

Typical value$397K+1.3% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market51 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut24%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$2,009/mo+4.3% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings3,547Across 57 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list99.2%32% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore54of 100

Average of 59 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability51

Growth58

Risk49

Momentum56

Livability65

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

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59 scored ZIPs in Delaware, colored by market balance.

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One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about Delaware.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

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In Delaware, typical home values rose by an average of 1.3% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 59 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In August 2026, the average typical home value in Delaware was $397K, weighted by population across its 59 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Delaware sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −16, weighted by population across its 59 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Delaware averaged 51 days, weighted by population across the 57 of its 59 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In September 2026, an average of 24% of listings in Delaware had a price cut, weighted by population across the 56 of its 59 scored ZIPs that report it, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Summed across the 57 ZIPs in Delaware that report them, active listings came to 3,547 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	+18, leaning seller	19707Hockessin, DE	61	$606K
2	−18, leaning buyer	19734Townsend, DE	61	$488K
3	−23, leaning buyer	19709Middletown, DE	60	$535K
4	−14, leaning buyer	19702Newark, DE	59	$353K
5	+17, leaning seller	19803Wilmington, DE	59	$514K
6	−8, balanced	19808Wilmington, DE	59	$370K
7	−4, balanced	19701Bear, DE	58	$420K
8	−12, leaning buyer	19962Magnolia, DE	58	$423K
9	−14, leaning buyer	19720New Castle, DE	57	$281K
10	−33, leaning buyer	19802Wilmington, DE	57	$203K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in Delaware, by county →

Cities

2 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City	Market balance		HavenScore
1	Wilmington		−10	57
2	Newark		−8	55

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

3 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Sussex County	−27	50
2	Kent County	−22	52
3	New Castle County	−9	57

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about Delaware

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is Delaware a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, Delaware sits in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −16 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 59 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in Delaware?
As of August 2026, typical home values in Delaware had risen by an average of 1.3% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 59 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in Delaware?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Delaware averaged 51 days, weighted by population across the 57 of its 59 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in Delaware?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in Delaware was $397K, weighted by population across its 59 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).