The median home price in Delaware is $410,192, 2% below the $420,000 national median. With a median household income of $87,534, the price-to-income ratio is 4.7x.
Property taxes in Delaware average 0.54% of assessed value, below the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $2,215 a year, or $185 added to the monthly payment.
Delaware levies a state income tax of 2.2%–6.6% on top of the $2,452/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 103 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Delaware's median home price runs 1% higher than Vermont: $405,980 there versus $410,192 here.