Cost of Living & Housing in Felton
Felton's cost of living centers on a genuinely mid-priced small-town housing market and Kent County's own low property tax rate -- layered on top of Delaware's real, statewide tax advantages.
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Learn moreA mid-priced small-town housing market
Felton's median home price runs approximately $389,500 (Long & Foster / Zillow), inside a real, disclosed cross-source spread reaching as high as $435,000 in one recent listing-price reading (Movoto) (base record).
Kent County's own 0.46% effective property tax rate
No Felton-specific property tax page was found this pass, so this record restates Kent County's own county-wide 0.46% effective rate and $1,331 median annual bill -- modestly below Delaware's own 0.53% statewide average and well below the national average (base record).
Delaware's 6.6% top income tax rate and no general sales tax
Delaware's real, current 2026 individual income tax runs a graduated seven-bracket structure topping out at 6.6% on income at or above $60,000. Delaware levies no state or local general sales tax anywhere -- one of only 5 NOMAD states, and the only one with zero local option anywhere (base record).
Cheap homeowners insurance, without added coastal-flood cost
Delaware's own statewide homeowners-insurance premiums run genuinely cheap ($1,150-$1,669/year). Unlike Delaware's Bay-shore and beach towns, Felton's inland Kent County position means it should not carry the added flood-insurance premium a coastal Delaware property would (base record).
Key takeaways
- Felton's median home price runs approximately $389,500, with one recent listing-price reading as high as $435,000.
- Kent County's own 0.46% effective property tax rate (restated here in the absence of a Felton-specific figure) runs below both the Delaware statewide and national averages.
- Delaware's 6.6% top income tax rate and lack of a general sales tax apply in Felton as they do statewide.
- Felton's inland position means no added flood-insurance premium beyond Delaware's already-cheap general homeowners-insurance rates.
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