Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Delaware

Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Delaware with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	19943	Felton	70.2%	13,410
2	19953	Hartly	68%	5,255
3	19941	Ellendale	67.4%	3,435
4	19968	Milton	67.3%	15,486
5	19970	Ocean View	62.1%	8,524
6	19946	Frederica	61.7%	5,603
7	19802	Wilmington	60.6%	26,051
8	19971	Rehoboth Beach	60%	14,886
9	19947	Georgetown	58.5%	20,760
10	19720	New Castle	58%	62,392
11	19904	Dover	58%	38,818
12	19934	Camden Wyoming	57.9%	14,061
13	19962	Magnolia	57.1%	13,770
14	19810	Wilmington	56.9%	26,530
15	19950	Greenwood	56.3%	7,918
16	19809	Wilmington	55.8%	14,311
17	19973	Seaford	53.3%	26,834
18	19711	Newark	53.2%	49,432
19	19805	Wilmington	53%	41,402
20	19901	Dover	52.4%	37,763
21	19956	Laurel	52.1%	16,327
22	19958	Lewes	51.7%	31,938
23	19966	Millsboro	51.1%	35,884
24	19954	Houston	51.1%	1,427
25	19933	Bridgeville	50.8%	10,597
26	19963	Milford	49.9%	23,500
27	19701	Bear	49%	42,984
28	19806	Wilmington	46.9%	9,777
29	19713	Newark	46.3%	30,747
30	19801	Wilmington	46.2%	16,327
31	19977	Smyrna	45.3%	27,704
32	19938	Clayton	44.5%	9,561
33	19960	Lincoln	44.3%	6,774
34	19703	Claymont	41.7%	15,460
35	19706	Delaware City	41.2%	2,038
36	19951	Harbeson	40.9%	2,245
37	19702	Newark	40.7%	55,683
38	19734	Townsend	40.6%	14,214
39	19940	Delmar	40.6%	7,540
40	19707	Hockessin	39.8%	17,376
41	19945	Frankford	39.4%	9,640
42	19808	Wilmington	39.1%	39,082
43	19939	Dagsboro	36.5%	7,490
44	19952	Harrington	35.6%	10,908
45	19975	Selbyville	35.4%	10,862
46	19804	Wilmington	31.9%	18,779
47	19709	Middletown	30.5%	53,234
48	19803	Wilmington	30.1%	22,279
49	19967	Millville	30%	2,376
50	19930	Bethany Beach	26.3%	3,014
51	19807	Wilmington	25.8%	7,815
52	19964	Marydel	9.7%	1,418

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	19964	Marydel	9.7%	1,418
2	19807	Wilmington	25.8%	7,815
3	19930	Bethany Beach	26.3%	3,014
4	19967	Millville	30%	2,376
5	19803	Wilmington	30.1%	22,279
6	19709	Middletown	30.5%	53,234
7	19804	Wilmington	31.9%	18,779
8	19975	Selbyville	35.4%	10,862
9	19952	Harrington	35.6%	10,908
10	19939	Dagsboro	36.5%	7,490
11	19808	Wilmington	39.1%	39,082
12	19945	Frankford	39.4%	9,640
13	19707	Hockessin	39.8%	17,376
14	19940	Delmar	40.6%	7,540
15	19734	Townsend	40.6%	14,214
16	19702	Newark	40.7%	55,683
17	19951	Harbeson	40.9%	2,245
18	19706	Delaware City	41.2%	2,038
19	19703	Claymont	41.7%	15,460
20	19960	Lincoln	44.3%	6,774
21	19938	Clayton	44.5%	9,561
22	19977	Smyrna	45.3%	27,704
23	19801	Wilmington	46.2%	16,327
24	19713	Newark	46.3%	30,747
25	19806	Wilmington	46.9%	9,777
26	19701	Bear	49%	42,984
27	19963	Milford	49.9%	23,500
28	19933	Bridgeville	50.8%	10,597
29	19954	Houston	51.1%	1,427
30	19966	Millsboro	51.1%	35,884
31	19958	Lewes	51.7%	31,938
32	19956	Laurel	52.1%	16,327
33	19901	Dover	52.4%	37,763
34	19805	Wilmington	53%	41,402
35	19711	Newark	53.2%	49,432
36	19973	Seaford	53.3%	26,834
37	19809	Wilmington	55.8%	14,311
38	19950	Greenwood	56.3%	7,918
39	19810	Wilmington	56.9%	26,530
40	19962	Magnolia	57.1%	13,770
41	19934	Camden Wyoming	57.9%	14,061
42	19904	Dover	58%	38,818
43	19720	New Castle	58%	62,392
44	19947	Georgetown	58.5%	20,760
45	19971	Rehoboth Beach	60%	14,886
46	19802	Wilmington	60.6%	26,051
47	19946	Frederica	61.7%	5,603
48	19970	Ocean View	62.1%	8,524
49	19968	Milton	67.3%	15,486
50	19941	Ellendale	67.4%	3,435
51	19953	Hartly	68%	5,255
52	19943	Felton	70.2%	13,410

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