Delaware
A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Delaware has adopted Medicaid expansion, so the adult income screen is 138 percent of poverty. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 99.8.
- Sales tax
- 0.0%
- Wage income tax
- Yes
- Property tax
- 0.47%
Benefit pages
Each program has its own page for Delaware. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.
- SNAP eligibility · unlikely
- Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
- WIC eligibility · likely
- School meals eligibility · likely
- LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
- Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
- Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
- Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
- Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
- SSI eligibility · unlikely
- State programs eligibility · maybe
Counties
- Kent County · 2-bed $1,629
- New Castle County · 2-bed $1,860
- Sussex County · 2-bed $1,498
Towns
53 places in Delaware have a cost page and a benefits page.
- Wilmington · benefits
- Dover · benefits
- Newark · benefits
- Middletown · benefits
- Bear · benefits
- Glasgow · benefits
- Brookside · benefits
- Hockessin · benefits
- Smyrna · benefits
- Milford · benefits
- Pike Creek Valley · benefits
- Claymont · benefits
- Seaford · benefits
- Wilmington Manor · benefits
- North Star · benefits
- Georgetown · benefits
- Millsboro · benefits
- Pike Creek · benefits
- Edgemoor · benefits
- Elsmere · benefits
- New Castle · benefits
- Clayton · benefits
- Rising Sun-Lebanon · benefits
- Laurel · benefits
- Camden · benefits
- Harrington · benefits
- Highland Acres · benefits
- Greenville · benefits
- Milton · benefits
- Lewes · benefits
- Selbyville · benefits
- Dover Base Housing · benefits
- Ocean View · benefits
- Townsend · benefits
- Bridgeville · benefits
- Riverview · benefits
- Millville · benefits
- Delmar · benefits
- Kent Acres · benefits
- Woodside East · benefits
- Long Neck · benefits
- Cheswold · benefits
- Wyoming · benefits
- Delaware City · benefits
- Lincoln · benefits
- Greenwood · benefits
- St. Georges · benefits
- Bellefonte · benefits
- Dagsboro · benefits
- Rehoboth Beach · benefits
- Rodney Village · benefits
- Felton · benefits
- Frankford · benefits
Metros in this ranking
- Philadelphia · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD