Zip lookup · DE

19734
Townsend, Delaware.

Townsend, New Castle County, DE · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro · population 14,214

What it costs per month · 19734 $2,552/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,401 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,790 +3%
$472,391$486,180 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $101,243 +26%
$384,937$486,180 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 19734 $2,552 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 19734$2,552
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 19734 rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Townsend, DE — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $486,180 as of Sep 2026
+2.9%year on year

Typical home value — 19734

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 19734 $486,180 Philadelphia $386,048 United States $366,157
$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 19734$486,180
  • Philadelphia$386,048
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.9 19730 Odessa 425 — $404,810
7.5 19709 Middletown 53,234 $2,755 $535,757
8.0 19977 Smyrna 27,704 — $397,181
9.2 19938 Clayton 9,561 — $426,690
9.2 19731 Port Penn 655 — $292,558
9.3 21912 Warwick 1,536 — $579,185
9.7 21650 Massey 265 — $381,149
10.5 21635 Galena 2,085 — $419,292
11.9 21913 Cecilton 820 — $304,906
12.1 19733 Saint Georges 186 — $309,746
13.3 21915 Chesapeake City 2,471 — $411,372
13.4 19706 Delaware City 2,038 — $293,618
14.1 21651 Millington 2,290 — $349,020
14.1 19701 Bear 42,984 $2,419 $418,810
14.9 19904 Dover 38,818 $1,674 $344,867
15.2 08323 Greenwich 731 — $280,270
15.3 21919 Earleville 3,626 — $377,401
16.0 08079 Salem 10,762 $1,650 $234,836
16.2 19953 Hartly 5,255 — $372,769
17.0 19702 Newark 55,683 $2,022 $350,587
17.2 21668 Sudlersville 2,011 — $405,698
17.2 19901 Dover 37,763 $1,749 $333,137
17.2 21645 Kennedyville 959 — $542,033
17.8 21628 Crumpton 248 — $325,385
18.2 19720 New Castle 62,392 $1,687 $276,574
18.3 08070 Pennsville 12,511 — $277,479
18.3 21649 Marydel 1,890 — $313,701
19.6 08353 Shiloh 228 — $248,708
19.6 08001 Alloway 854 — $300,108

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.