Home values, rents and more in Wilmington, DE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Wilmington compares
The typical home in Wilmington, DE is worth about $327,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wilmington are 15% below the typical value in the Philadelphia metro area ($386,000) and 11% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Wilmington rose 1.6%, compared with +2.5% in the Philadelphia metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,757 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% below the Philadelphia metro area ($1,903) and 9% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $58,671, against $91,289 in the Philadelphia metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 71,727 people live in Wilmington (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Wilmington has the 61st-lowest typical home value of the 242 cities in the Philadelphia metro area and the 14th-lowest 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.