A typical Delaware home is worth roughly $219,000
What kind of housing town is Delaware?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
82% of Delaware households own their home
Half of Delaware’s homes were built before 1971.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A typical home costs 3.9 years of income
About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $2K short of a typical Delaware home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $240 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Delaware’s typical property tax (0.93% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080
Renters already here pay a median of $585, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Sanilac County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Delaware vs. its neighbors
Delaware is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | $219K* | — | $1,080 | $55,750 |
| Forestville | $145K | +5.2% | $1,090 | $40,938 |
| Sherman | $180K* | +35.3%† | $1,100 | $51,731 |
| Minden | $163K* | — | $1,060 | $85,192 |
| Marion | $109K* | — | $980 | $52,500 |
| Forester | $192K* | — | $1,020 | $59,583 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Delaware buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.