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Home values, rents and more in Dewey Beach, DE

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$1,190,000
Metro: $485,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+12.8%
Metro: +0.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
351
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$105,625
Metro: $81,497 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Dewey Beach, DE, shaded by typical home valueDewey Beach19971
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ZIP codes around Dewey Beach, DE, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Dewey Beach is outlined.

How Dewey Beach compares

The typical home in Dewey Beach, DE is worth about $1,190,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Dewey Beach are 2.5 times the typical value in the Seaford metro area ($485,000) and 3.3 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Dewey Beach rose 12.8%, compared with +0.6% in the Seaford metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $105,625, against $81,497 in the Seaford metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 351 people live in Dewey Beach (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Dewey Beach has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Seaford metro area and the 2nd-highest of 55 in Delaware with Zillow figures.

Part of: Sussex County, DE · Seaford metro area · Delaware

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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