Home values, rents and more in Hockessin, DE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Hockessin compares
The typical home in Hockessin, DE is worth about $609,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Hockessin are 1.6 times the typical value in the Philadelphia metro area ($386,000) and 1.7 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Hockessin rose 4.4%, compared with +2.5% in the Philadelphia metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $171,204, against $91,289 in the Philadelphia metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 13,439 people live in Hockessin (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Hockessin has the 32nd-highest typical home value of the 242 cities in the Philadelphia metro area and the 6th-highest of 55 in Delaware with Zillow figures.
Part of: New Castle County, DE · Philadelphia 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.