Cost of Living in Millville
Millville's cost of living runs genuinely mixed: expensive, if imprecisely dated, housing and a notably high local property tax rate, offset by Delaware's real no-sales-tax structure.
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Learn moreGenuinely expensive housing, with a disclosed dating gap
A cited $509,610 median home/condo value runs well above the ~$408,776 national comparison figure, though this record discloses that figure's real 2023 vintage directly (base record).
Delaware's real no-sales-tax and income-tax structure
No general state sales tax applies, alongside a seven-bracket income tax topping out at 6.6% for 2026 (base record).
A real, disclosed local property tax exception
Millville's own cited effective property tax rate (2.13%) runs notably above both the national median and Sussex County's broader ~0.33% average (base record).
A modest median dollar tax bill despite the elevated rate
Millville's cited median annual tax bill (~$1,221) runs well below the $2,400 national median dollar bill, a real, disclosed reflection of assessed-value methodology (base record).
Key takeaways
- Millville's housing costs run genuinely expensive relative to the national median, per a 2023-vintage cited figure.
- Delaware's no-sales-tax structure and 6.6% top income tax rate apply in Millville.
- Millville's own property tax RATE runs notably above Delaware's statewide reputation.
- Despite the elevated rate, the median dollar tax bill runs comparatively modest (~$1,221).
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