Direct recent-lease rent history
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Recent-lease rent$1,6522026-07 · +1.8% year over year
Rental vacancyn/an/a
Time on marketn/an/a
FIPS 42045 · population 579,222 · part of Philadelphia, PA
The latest county-level Zillow ZORI is $1,828 per month in 2026-06. It is a typical asking-rent index across rental types—not an arithmetic average, signed lease or quote for one property.
| Bedrooms | HUD monthly FMR | Geography | Measurement boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,397 | Delaware County, PA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 1 bedroom | $1,520 | Delaware County, PA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,810 | Delaware County, PA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 3 bedrooms | $2,170 | Delaware County, PA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 4 bedrooms | $2,423 | Delaware County, PA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
Zillow asking rent, ACS gross rent and HUD FMR describe different housing universes. They remain separate and no metro, city or neighboring-county value replaces missing county evidence.Zillow pulled 2026-07-26 · HUD pulled 2026-07-26
Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.
Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.
Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.
Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2021-2025; latest 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-08-02. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.
BEA per-capita personal income divides all personal income by the county population. It is broader than wages, but it is not household income or a measure of what renters can afford.
HUD CHAS separates renter households by income relative to local HAMFI. Moderate burden means housing costs above 30% through 50% of income; severe burden means more than 50%.
These Apartment List observations match the exact county Census code 42045. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Delaware County’s tension is a usable published rent-to-price starting point against softer visible listing conditions and material carrying-cost uncertainty. Investors seeking a county screen should investigate asset-level cash flow; buyers relying on appreciation or quick resale should be cautious. Zillow’s 2026-06 county observation reports a $373,575 median home value, $1,828 median asking rent, and a supplied 5.87% gross yield before costs.
Zillow shows positive home-value direction with asking-rent growth outpacing it, but that does not resolve exit pricing. FHFA’s annual 2025 repeat-transaction HPI rose 4.64%; it corroborates positive price direction but is an index, not a home value, and must not be blended with Zillow’s measure. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is $1,810, a payment standard rather than market asking rent. The 1.84% effective property-tax rate needs parcel-level confirmation; taxes and other operating costs prevent gross yield from being treated as net return.
Realtor.com’s MLS listing-market evidence points to more visible supply: active listings rose 14.57%, median listing price fell, marketing time lengthened, and 15.93% of listings had price reductions. These are asking-price and marketing signals, not closed-sale prices or proof of buyer demand. Net tax-return migration was negative 1,482 households, although inbound mover average income exceeded outbound movers’ by $6,301. The reported 10.2% investor share alongside 5,384 total purchases signals non-owner buyer participation, not tenant demand or property-level rent support.
Risk review should start with inland flood exposure: modeled expected annual building-value loss is 0.08%, a county-level ratio rather than an insurance quote or a property outcome. QCEW covered workplace employment grew 0.29%; Education and health services is the largest disclosed private supersector, but this is neither resident employment nor the entire economy. Flood-zone and insurance records, property condition, closed-sale comparables, vacancy and operating-expense history, and debt terms are not published. Their absence prevents a net-yield, levered-cash-flow, or asset-level valuation conclusion.
This view uses 12 direct Zillow ZIP markets matched to Census ZCTAs. Each ZIP is assigned by its largest HUD residential county share; this is not an exhaustive county inventory.
Delaware County’s selected ZIP/ZCTA evidence shows a wide current asking-rent landscape rather than a single county price point. Zillow ZORI, a typical observed asking-rent index, ranges from $1,299 in 19013 to $2,961 in 19073 in the reported month, a $1,662 spread; the selected-set median is $1,749 versus the county’s $1,828. The decision question is therefore whether a search needs a lower entry index, a narrower supply setting, or a higher-priced segment—not whether any one ZIP is uniformly “affordable.” It frames a choice between price level and the particular availability a renter can confirm. The range indicates that the county figure can orient a search but cannot substitute for ZIP-level review of currently advertised properties.
Each rent dataset answers a different question and must remain separate. Their timing and intended use differ even before any ZIP-level comparison is made. The ZIP Zillow figures are June 2026 typical observed asking-rent indices. ACS 2024 five-year ZCTA median gross rent is a surveyed, backward-looking gross-rent estimate: $1,099 to $2,380 across the shown set, against $1,372 countywide. HUD FY2026 FMR is a bedroom-specific administrative standard rather than asking rent, with two-bedroom values from $1,430 to $2,720 and a county figure of $1,810. The packet’s simple ZORI-to-HUD relationship ranges from 85.8% to 142.2%; that is program-screening orientation, not a conversion between measures or evidence of a particular unit’s asking rent.
Burden and vacancy describe a separate ACS five-year trade-off, not current listing conditions. The share of renter households spending 30% or more of income on rent runs from 42.0% to 63.5%, with 19013 at the upper end and the county estimate at 54.9%. Vacancy is far more dispersed, from 1.9% to 16.4%, compared with 5.6% countywide. A higher vacancy rate can be a search prompt to investigate actual availability, whereas the burden estimates show why a lower ZORI index alone does not settle household affordability. Conversely, a low vacancy rate does not establish lease concessions, unit mix, or price. Use the measures as separate screens, then check the unit’s bedroom count, utilities, and qualification requirements.
Coverage and geography limit what these comparisons can claim. The selection contains 12 of 16 eligible direct-ZORI ZIP/ZCTA matches, ordered by renter households, and is explicitly not an exhaustive county inventory. ZIP display assignment follows the largest HUD residential-address county share, not a guarantee that every address lies in Delaware County. For example, 19010’s assigned share is 58.0%, so county comparisons need address-level confirmation. ZCTAs are statistical areas, not USPS delivery ZIPs. Before a lease or program decision, verify the property address and county, bedroom count, advertised rent and included utilities, availability date, lease term, qualification rules, and the applicable HUD standard.
16 ZIP profiles passed the county gate; the 12 with the most renter households are shown.
| ZIP / ZCTA | Zillow asking rent | ACS gross rent | HUD 2BR | Burden 30%+ | Vacancy | Income screen | HUD county share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013 | $1,299 | $1,099 | $1,430 | 63.5% | 16.4% | $52k | 100.0% |
| 19082 | $1,365 | $1,248 | $1,590 | 53.9% | 7.8% | $55k | 100.0% |
| 19063 | $2,492 | $1,765 | $1,910 | 48.0% | 4.2% | $100k | 100.0% |
| 19026 | $1,442 | $1,359 | $1,630 | 46.1% | 5.0% | $58k | 100.0% |
| 19023 | $1,488 | $1,228 | $1,620 | 51.5% | 8.8% | $60k | 100.0% |
| 19018 | $1,506 | $1,423 | $1,650 | 45.1% | 3.9% | $60k | 100.0% |
| 19061 | $1,715 | $1,297 | $1,610 | 42.0% | 3.3% | $69k | 100.0% |
| 19010 | $2,363 | $1,918 | $2,420 | 51.5% | 7.6% | $95k | 58.0% |
| 19342 | $2,607 | $2,380 | $2,720 | 62.4% | 6.2% | $104k | 98.3% |
| 19073 | $2,961 | $2,202 | $2,260 | 53.1% | 3.7% | $118k | 91.2% |
| 19015 | $1,783 | $1,222 | $1,550 | 43.5% | 4.5% | $71k | 100.0% |
| 19083 | $2,445 | $1,435 | $1,720 | 49.3% | 1.9% | $98k | 99.4% |
Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.
Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.
0.081% of building value expected lost per year
$6,124 median annual bill
12,307 in · 13,789 out
$97,349 arriving · $91,048 leaving
549 of 5,384 mortgages
Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.
A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.
| County | Population | Price | Rent | Yield | Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware County | 579,222 | $374k | $1,828 | 5.9% | inland flooding |
| Philadelphia County | 1,579,706 | $237k | $1,814 | 9.2% | inland flooding |
| Montgomery County | 867,573 | $504k | $2,081 | 5.0% | inland flooding |
| Bucks County | 647,461 | $534k | $2,212 | 5.0% | inland flooding |
| New Castle County | 577,961 | $375k | $1,940 | 6.2% | inland flooding |
| Chester County | 547,840 | $588k | $2,214 | 4.5% | inland flooding |
| Camden County | 527,257 | $360k | $1,986 | 6.6% | inland flooding |
| Burlington County | 467,805 | $429k | $2,262 | 6.3% | inland flooding |
| Gloucester County | 306,954 | $390k | $2,173 | 6.7% | inland flooding |
The record identifies Zillow rent as median asking market rent; HUD two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not an asking-rent estimate.
No. They are MLS listing-market measures of asking prices, visible supply, marketing time, and price reductions.
The record provides QCEW annual covered employment at county workplaces and identifies Education and health services as the largest disclosed private supersector; it does not provide resident employment or unemployment.