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Comparing Middletown vs Rehoboth Beach vs Lewes

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Headline numbers

Middletown

DE

$2,653

YoY change
+1.1%
Vacancy
1.8%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
23.2%

Rehoboth Beach

DE

$2,623

YoY change
Vacancy
27.9%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
19.2%

Lewes

DE

$2,128

YoY change
+1.1%
Vacancy
29.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
12.9%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Middletown vs Rehoboth Beach vs Lewes

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric MiddletownRehoboth BeachLewes
Median household income $112,831$137,500$96,393
Median age 38.762.967.2
Renter household share 23.2%19.2%12.9%
YoY rent change +1.1%+1.1%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.