What is the median rent in Dover Base Housing, DE?

Name: Median rent in Dover Base Housing, DE, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Dover Base Housing, DE is $2,139 (±$62) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,106 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Dover Base Housing, the median gross rent went from $1,568 in 2015–2019 to $2,139 in 2020–2024 (+36.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,139 (±$62)
Rented homes: 1,106 (±246)
$2,000 or more: 68.3%
Since 2015–2019: +36.4%

How much rent costs in Dover Base Housing

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Dover Base Housing	Kent County	Delaware	United States
Less than $500	0.5% (±0.8 points)	6.6%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.8% (±1.3 points)	19.1%	14.0%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	5.2% (±4.2 points)	36.4%	37.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	25.2% (±10.8 points)	27.3%	28.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	65.8% (±11.2 points)	8.8%	9.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.7% (±1.4 points)	1.4%	2.8%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	1.8% (±1.8 points)	0.3%	1.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 65.8% of renting households.

68.3% of rented homes in Dover Base Housing cost $2,000 or more a month.

Dover Base Housing against Kent County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Dover Base Housing	Kent County	Delaware	United States
Median gross rent	$2,139 (±$62)	$1,354 (±$31)	$1,401 (±$16)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,106 (±246)	18,679 (±894)	103,496 (±2,212)	42,849,984

In Dover Base Housing, median gross rent is higher than in Kent County ($1,354).

It is also higher than in Delaware ($1,401).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Kent County, Dover Base Housing ranks 1 of 20 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 4 of 63.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Dover Base Housing has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,568 (±$80)	$2,139 (±$62)	+36.4%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	100.0% (±2.6 points)	100.0% (±3.3 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	2.3% (±3.6 points)	6.1% (±6.2 points)	+3.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Dover Base Housing

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Dover Base Housing
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Dover Base Housing	—	$2,139 (±$62)	—
Rising Sun-Lebanon	1.7 mi	$1,755 (±$181)	Lower
Highland Acres	1.9 mi	$1,583 (±$209)	Lower
Kent Acres	2.1 mi	$1,574 (±$229)	Lower
Rodney Village	3.2 mi	$1,338 (±$135)	Lower
Dover	3.7 mi	$1,344 (±$50)	Lower
Little Creek	3.9 mi	$1,106 (±$44)	Lower
Camden	4.1 mi	$1,836 (±$551)	Not measurably different
Wyoming	4.4 mi	$1,558 (±$186)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE ($1,755), Highland Acres, DE ($1,583), Kent Acres, DE ($1,574).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Kent County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Dover Base Housing	$2,139 (±$62)
2	Camden	$1,836 (±$551)
3	Rising Sun-Lebanon	$1,755 (±$181)
4	Woodside	$1,642 (±$187)
5	Clayton	$1,621 (±$226)
6	Highland Acres	$1,583 (±$209)
7	Kent Acres	$1,574 (±$229)

Showing 7 of 20 places in Kent County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Dover Base Housing is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Dover Base Housing

What is the average rent in Dover Base Housing, DE?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Dover Base Housing is $2,139 (±$62) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Dover Base Housing?

In Dover Base Housing, the median gross rent went from $1,568 in 2015–2019 to $2,139 in 2020–2024 (+36.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Dover Base Housing cost more than $2,000 a month?

68.3% of rented homes in Dover Base Housing have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Dover Base Housing higher than in Kent County?

In Dover Base Housing, median gross rent is higher than in Kent County ($1,354).

It is also higher than in Delaware ($1,401).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Dover Base Housing CDP, Delaware (place:21387, in state:10).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.