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The median home value in Middletown, DE is $537,638 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.19% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$537,638
Year-over-Year
+2.19%
Population
25,594
Middletown ranks #1 of 11 Delaware cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 54.9% above the state's city median of $347,041. It sits in New Castle County, where the county-wide median is $369,618.
Median household income in Middletown is $112,831, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Middletown police recorded a violent crime rate of 125 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,543 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Middletown, that value is $537,638. That's up 2.19% from a year earlier. It is about 54.9% above the typical Delaware city tracked here.
Homes in Middletown are more expensive than New Castle County as a whole, where the median is $369,618 — a difference of about 45.5%.
Median household income here is $112,831, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Middletown police reported 125 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,594. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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