Housing in Delaware

A typical Delaware home is worth roughly $154,000

Typical home value

$154K

KS $250K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$900

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,609

KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Delaware?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further38% below the Kansas typical home.A high tax rateAbout 1.70% of a home’s value a year, vs 1.29% across Kansas.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$231,000

Typical Delaware home $154K

That covers a typical Delaware home, with $77K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,020

Loan $760Tax $220Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $120 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Norton$151K Ozawkie$261K Rock Creek$234K Jefferson$262K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Delaware’s typical property tax (1.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $900

Renters already here pay a median of $785, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690

1 bedroom$690

2 bedrooms$900

3 bedrooms$1,170

4 bedrooms$1,260

30%

of households rent · KS 33%

274

renter households

72%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · KS 44%

16%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$785

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Topeka, KS MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

70% of Delaware households own their home

Half of Delaware’s homes were built before 1956.

Owners and renters

Own 70%Rent 30%

Kansas: 67% own.

1956

typical home built · KS 1976

$2,609

median property tax bill · KS $2,798

1.70%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Delaware vs. its neighbors

Delaware is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Jefferson$262K Ozawkie$261K Rock Creek$234K Delaware$154K Norton$151K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Delaware	$154K*	—	$900	$66,146
Norton	$151K*	—	$990	$76,111
Ozawkie	$261K	+9.5%	$990	$99,327
Rock Creek	$234K*	+6.3%†	$960	$92,650
Kapioma	—	+13.6%†	$900	—
Jefferson	$262K*	—	$1,000	$66,696

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.