#1Harrington
Kent County · 3,974 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.49% of the median home value
Harrington, #1 on this list · Photo: Lee Cannon from Bayville aka West Fenwick, DE, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Delaware rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Delaware
Harrington has the lowest property-tax bills of Delaware’s 36 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $1,088 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $1,714.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$1,088
#2Georgetown
Sussex County · 8,291 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.39% of the median home value
#3Seaford
Sussex County · 9,165 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.51% of the median home value
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Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 2 towns here).
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Which Delaware town has the lowest property taxes?
Harrington (Kent County): homeowners’ median bill is $1,088 a year. Georgetown ($1,096) and Seaford ($1,151) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (36 in Delaware); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. Every town is on the Delaware page.
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