The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 19970 sells for about $575,000, or $243 per square foot.
Homes take about 70 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,512 a month.
ZIP 19970 — Ocean View
The Selbyville housing market shows a median listing price of $575,000 with a median rental price of $2,400 per month. Current inventory is approximately 139 active listings with homes spending an average of 70 days on the market. Market data is based on local real estate portal reports for the Selbyville area.
Median prices moved sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 70 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 1.4% · poverty 12.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 19970, Sussex County DE
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).
Data sourced from World Population Review and Point2Homes
- Jolly Roger Amusement Park4.314.2 mi
- Funland4.610.5 mi
- Jungle Jim's4.510.2 mi
- Sun Outdoors Frontier Town Western Theme Park4.419 mi
- Sun Outdoors Frontier Town4.419 mi
- Cape Henlopen State Park4.815 mi
- Seacrets4.413.2 mi
- Ocean Downs Casino415 mi
- Princess Royale Oceanfront Resort4.311.1 mi
- Harpoon Hanna's4.38 mi
- Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk4.710.6 mi
- Bethany Beach Boardwalk4.73.1 mi
- Fenwick Island State Park4.77 mi
- Northside Park4.89.3 mi
- Delaware Seashore State Park4.63.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!4.416.3 mi
- The Brush Factory on Kings4.613.8 mi
- Fort Miles Historical Area4.714.7 mi
- Ocean City Life-Saving Museum4.616.5 mi
- New Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse4.38.2 mi
- Fenwick Island State Park4.77 mi
- Northside Park4.89.3 mi
- Delaware Seashore State Park4.63.7 mi
- Gordons Pond4.812.3 mi
- Holts Landing State Park4.62.2 mi
- Harpoon Hanna's4.38 mi
- Bahia Marina at Fish Tales4.614.8 mi
- Ocean Pines Yacht Club4.312.3 mi
- Sunset Marina4.716.3 mi
- Indian River Marina4.73.7 mi
- Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club4.42 mi
- Bayside Resort Golf Club4.46.8 mi
- Links At Lighthouse Sound4.410.7 mi
- Plantation Lakes Golf & Country Club4.511.6 mi
- Baywood Greens Golf Course and Clubhouse4.77.2 mi
- Tanger Rehoboth Beach - Seaside4.410.7 mi
- Harris Teeter4.56.5 mi
- Tanger Rehoboth Beach - Surfside4.511.9 mi
- ACME Markets4.110.8 mi
- The Fresh Market4.310.3 mi
- Salisbury Regional Airport4.326.9 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.