Home values, rents and more in Dover, DE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Dover compares
The typical home in Dover, DE is worth about $342,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Dover are 8% below the typical value in the Dover metro area ($372,000) and 6% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Dover rose 1.9%, compared with +2.3% in the Dover metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,702 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% below the Dover metro area ($1,775) and 12% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,199, against $74,477 in the Dover metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 39,837 people live in Dover (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Dover has the 5th-lowest typical home value of the 15 cities in the Dover metro area and the 17th-lowest of 55 in Delaware with Zillow figures.
Part of: Kent County, DE · Dover 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.