Home values, rents and more in Lewes, DE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lewes compares
The typical home in Lewes, DE is worth about $585,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lewes are 21% above the typical value in the Seaford metro area ($485,000) and 1.6 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lewes rose 0.5%, compared with +0.6% in the Seaford metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,418 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 25% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 10.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $96,393, against $81,497 in the Seaford metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 3,505 people live in Lewes (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Lewes has the 6th-highest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Seaford metro area and the 7th-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.