Living in Wyoming, DE

Kent County

Wyoming is a real, very small, historic Kent County town along US Route 13, immediately adjacent to both Camden and Dover -- Delaware's state capital. Wyoming shares the same 19934 ZIP code as neighboring Camden, DE, a real, disclosed structural fact that makes town-specific housing data genuinely thin (this pass's own research found only 4 active Wyoming-specific listings). Wyoming is real, notably, the administrative home of the Caesar Rodney School District, serving approximately 15 schools and 8,259 students across central Kent County. The town's real, cited median age (36.1 years) runs genuinely below the national median, and its median household income ($69,603) and crime rate (14.83 per 1,000, well below the 33.37 national rate) both paint a genuinely favorable, if modest, small-town picture. Kent County's own low effective property tax rate (0.46%) applies, alongside Delaware's real statewide no-sales-tax advantage.

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Housing

Median sale price$287,301

Wyoming-specific listed price ~$287,301, based on a genuinely small sample. Kent County-wide context: ~$369,000 median sale price (Redfin) and ~$290,600 average home value (separate source), both reused from this dataset's own camden-de.js proxy research.

Taxes

Local effective property tax rate0.46%

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 Wyoming-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

Genuinely low property taxes (Kent County's ~0.46% effective rate) and Delaware's real, flat 0% sales tax. A real, favorable crime rate well below the national average. Direct, practical access to Dover's job market and Bayhealth's Kent Campus, just a few miles south. Home to the Caesar Rodney School District's own administrative headquarters.

Cons

Genuinely thin, sparse local housing and market data given the town's small size and shared 19934 ZIP code with neighboring Camden. No confirmed, sourced school-performance figure for Caesar Rodney School District. Delaware's real, statewide 6.6% top income tax rate applies. A genuinely limited, small commercial/employment footprint within Wyoming itself, requiring a commute to Dover or Camden for most jobs.

Who this fits

Best for: Best fits cost-conscious families and small-town-living buyers drawn to Wyoming's genuinely low property taxes, favorable crime rate, and direct proximity to Dover's larger job market and healthcare system, without living inside a bigger city.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers who need a large, distinct local commercial or job base within town limits, or who want confidently sourced, town-specific housing data rather than a proxy drawn partly from neighboring Camden's shared ZIP code -- both real, disclosed limitations this record does not paper over.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.