The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 19955 sells for about $338,000, or $195 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (+0.9%), a market in balance. Homes take about 63 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,354 a month.
This ZIP has no home sales of its own, so its market figures come from Kent County, Delaware (county-level). Population, rents, hazards, lending and amenities are this ZIP's own readings.
ZIP 19955 — Kenton
Kenton (19955) is a small, quiet community in Kent County, Delaware, characterized by a high proportion of newer residential construction. Market data for this specific ZIP code is limited, with current real estate activity and pricing metrics not publicly reported in standard portal snapshots. The area is noted for its high safety profile and recent growth in new housing.
Kenton is a quiet, small-town environment that may appeal to those seeking a safe, low-density residential setting with newer housing stock.
Median prices moved up 0.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 63 days on market with 3.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
21% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.4% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 39.4% · poverty 3.1% — a mixed stability profile.
ZCTA 19955, Kent County DE
The overall crime rate in Kenton is one of the lowest in the United States, making it one of the safer places to live in the country.
Kenton has experienced an influx of new residential construction, with a large proportion of houses being recently built.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Delaware) — Agricultural Lands Preservation and Farmland Assessment Act Exemption: Qualifying land is valued based on its agricultural use productivity capability rather than fair market value, substantially reducing the taxable assessed baseline. State (Delaware) — Senior School Property Tax Credit and Elderly/Disability Exemption Framework: Provides a partial credit/exemption against property taxes. Under the Senior School Property Tax Credit (14 Del. C. § 1919), qualifying seniors receive a tax credit up to 50% of the school property tax up to a statutory dollar cap (e.g., $500 max). At the county level (e.g. State (Delaware) — County Assessment Ratio and Ad Valorem Property Taxation Structure: Delaware levies property taxes at county, municipal, and school district levels (the state itself levies no state-level property tax).
The local economy is primarily residential, with the town serving as a small community within Kent County.
Data sourced from NeighborhoodScout and Data Commons; specific ACS table breakdowns for this ZCTA are not currently available in the provided search results.
- Killens Pond State Park4.617.9 mi
- Killens Pond Water Park4.317.9 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese47.1 mi
- Xbos4.15.5 mi
- Novus Escape Room - Middletown Delaware4.516.3 mi
- Bally's Dover Casino Resort4.27.4 mi
- Dover Motor Speedway4.57.6 mi
- 301 Devils Playground Haunted Attraction4.611.2 mi
- Bohemia Manor Farm4.519.8 mi
- Harvest Ridge Winery4.710.9 mi
- Dover Motor Speedway4.57.6 mi
- Spence's Bazaar4.59 mi
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge4.811.4 mi
- Harvest Ridge Winery4.710.9 mi
- Brecknock County Park4.710 mi
- Legislative Hall-Delaware's State Capitol4.49.1 mi
- Air Mobility Command Museum4.913.4 mi
- Biggs Museum of American Art4.69 mi
- John Dickinson Plantation4.514.4 mi
- Mount Harmon Plantation4.718.1 mi
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge4.811.4 mi
- Brecknock County Park4.710 mi
- Silver Lake Park4.48.7 mi
- Big Oak County Park4.75.5 mi
- Blackbird State Forest4.78.4 mi
- Skipjack Cove Marina4.315.5 mi
- Georgetown Yacht Haven4.114.8 mi
- Sassafras Harbor Marina4.415.1 mi
- Sassafras Harbor Cafe4.315.1 mi
- Maple Dale Country Club4.46.1 mi
- Garrisons Lake Golf Club3.64.3 mi
- Dover Mall3.97 mi
- Fifer's Farm Store & Kitchen4.78.9 mi
- Byler's Store in Dover4.76 mi
- Spence's Bazaar4.59 mi
- Kohl's4.28.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass. Coherence hold-out: this pass's median price ($44,665) sat outside the 0.25–4× band around Kent County's retained level and was not stored.