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Cost of living in Hockessin, Delaware

Hockessin, Delaware has about 13,439 people. Typical rent is $3,501 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $171,204 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #17 in Delaware on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $3,501 a month.

Hockessin is a Census community, not a separate city government in Delaware. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $171,204 a year.

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People
13,439
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$3,501
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$171,204
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$568,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,860
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA

Hockessin, Delaware has about 13,439 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $568,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in New Castle County is $1,860 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Hockessin. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, prices sit at 102.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Delaware taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Hockessin's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Delaware home paid 18.48¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Hockessin's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Delaware in the table we use.

Among 48 places we list in Delaware with a rent figure, 0 have higher typical rent than Hockessin.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Bigger places in Delaware

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.