Living in Cheswold, DE
Kent County
Cheswold is a real, small Kent County town approximately 6 miles north of Dover along US 13, close to the Dover Downs / Dover Motor Speedway complex, with a population this record anchors at approximately 2,804 as of a 2026 projection (a separate source cites 2,524) -- up from 1,938 at the 2020 Census, a real, disclosed, genuinely fast cumulative increase of approximately +44.69%, a substantially faster growth rate than most Tier C markets in this dataset. Cheswold's housing market runs genuinely hard to pin to one confident figure this pass: a real, disclosed, unusually wide cross-source spread ($110,400-$323,328) likely reflects the tension between dated Census-based valuations and current for-sale/sold listing prices in a fast-growing small town, and this record anchors on approximately $199,500 as a plausible middle point while disclosing that uncertainty honestly. Kent County's own 0.46% effective property tax rate applies, alongside Delaware's real, flat 0% sales tax and 6.6%-top-rate graduated income tax.
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Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Kent County level this session. Delaware's top state income tax rate is 6.60%. See the Delaware hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Cheswold-specific.
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Pros
A real, genuinely fast population growth rate (+44.69% cumulative since the 2020 Census per one source); Kent County's own low 0.46% effective property tax rate; Delaware's real lack of a general sales tax; proximity to Dover (approximately 6 miles) and the Dover Downs / Dover Motor Speedway entertainment complex; an inland position away from direct coastal-flooding exposure.
Cons
A real, disclosed, unusually wide cross-source home-price spread this record could not resolve to one confident figure this pass; a confirmed, current Cheswold-specific named-employer list was not found; a confirmed, Cheswold-specific property-tax figure (distinct from the county-wide rate restated here) was not found this pass; two meaningfully different 2026 population estimates (2,804 versus 2,524) exist across sources.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits budget-conscious movers drawn to a real, small, genuinely fast-growing Kent County town close to Dover and its Dover Downs entertainment complex, comfortable confirming current home pricing directly given this record's own disclosed wide-spread uncertainty.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers who need high-confidence, single-figure home-price data before committing -- Cheswold's own housing-price picture runs genuinely, unusually inconsistent across sources this pass, likely reflecting the town's fast recent growth outpacing older valuation data.
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