What is the median home value in Fenwick Island, DE?

Name: Home values in Fenwick Island, DE, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Fenwick Island, DE is $1,394,700 (±$209,046), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Fenwick Island, the median home value went from $838,400 in 2015–2019 to $1,394,700 in 2020–2024 (+66.4%).

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 home value: $1,394,700 (±$209,046)
Owner-occupied homes: 194 (±37)
Most common range: $1,000,000 or more

Home values in Fenwick Island

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Fenwick Island	Sussex County	Delaware	United States
Less than $50,000	0.0% (±17.5 points)	5.3%	4.7%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	1.0% (±1.2 points)	2.9%	2.6%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±17.5 points)	3.3%	3.1%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.5% (±3.0 points)	6.2%	6.3%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	0.0% (±17.5 points)	17.0%	21.5%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	0.0% (±17.5 points)	34.8%	39.9%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	25.3% (±7.2 points)	25.0%	19.2%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	72.2% (±7.2 points)	5.5%	2.8%	7.1%

The most common range is $1,000,000 or more, 72.2% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Fenwick Island against Sussex County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Fenwick Island	Sussex County	Delaware	United States
Median home value	$1,394,700 (±$209,046)	$382,600 (±$6,986)	$352,000 (±$2,842)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	194 (±37)	86,851 (±1,368)	293,383 (±2,598)	84,210,142

In Fenwick Island, the median home value is higher than in Sussex County ($382,600).

It is also higher than in Delaware ($352,000).

It is higher than the national figure ($332,700).

In Sussex County, Fenwick Island ranks 3 of 27 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 3 of 77.

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

How home values in Fenwick Island have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$838,400 (±$80,482)	$1,394,700 (±$209,046)	+66.4%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$2,658 (±$327)	$2,885 (±$425)	+8.5%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,982 (±$288)	$2,500 (±$193)	+26.1%	No measurable change after inflation

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 home value in places near Fenwick Island

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Fenwick Island
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Fenwick Island	—	$1,394,700 (±$209,046)	—
South Bethany	3.9 mi	$955,200 (±$170,745)	Lower
Ocean City	4.7 mi	$429,000 (±$36,908)	Lower
Bethany Beach	5.4 mi	$720,900 (±$56,919)	Lower
Ocean View	5.5 mi	$514,200 (±$57,257)	Lower
Millville	6.7 mi	$494,500 (±$26,440)	Lower
Ocean Pines	7.3 mi	$380,100 (±$14,256)	Lower
Selbyville	8.2 mi	$432,900 (±$30,780)	Lower
West Ocean City	8.4 mi	$423,700 (±$39,317)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: South Bethany, DE ($955,200), Ocean City, MD ($429,000), Bethany Beach, DE ($720,900).

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

Median home value across Sussex County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1	Henlopen Acres	$2,000,000 or more
2	Rehoboth Beach	$1,486,100 (±$445,489)
3	Fenwick Island	$1,394,700 (±$209,046)
4	Dewey Beach	$961,300 (±$268,265)
5	South Bethany	$955,200 (±$170,745)
6	Lewes	$826,100 (±$53,436)
7	Slaughter Beach	$757,400 (±$161,879)
8	Bethany Beach	$720,900 (±$56,919)
9	Ocean View	$514,200 (±$57,257)

Showing 9 of 27 places in Sussex County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Fenwick Island

What is the average home value in Fenwick Island, DE?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $1,394,700 (±$209,046) for owner-occupied homes in Fenwick Island (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Fenwick Island gone up?

In Fenwick Island, the median home value went from $838,400 in 2015–2019 to $1,394,700 in 2020–2024 (+66.4%).

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

Is this what homes in Fenwick Island sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

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 Fenwick Island town, Delaware (place:26880, in state:10).

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

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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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.