Hockessin, Delaware.
Typical home $609,235 (+4.4% in a year). Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,744 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $25,467 +4%
- $583,768$609,235 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $138,894 +30%
- $470,341$609,235 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.
- Hockessin$3,198
- Delaware$2,126
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Hockessin, DE rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware
Hockessin, in New Castle County, had 13,478 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $171,204 a year and half less, against $91,166 across New Castle County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in New Castle County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hockessin is a community of mostly longtime homeowners, where nearly everyone lives in a home they own. Residents are older than across much of the country, incomes run well above the county's, and very few people live below the poverty line. Most adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January highs a little above freezing and lows well below it, and the town sees a modest amount of snow. Summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by banks, insurance and property, professional and business services, and manufacturing. Within Hockessin itself, some of the largest workplaces are the retirement and assisted-living communities, including ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Cokesbury Village, along with Acme Markets. The typical commute is a fairly short one, and a good number of residents work from home.
Things to do. Red Clay Creek runs in or beside town, and Brandywine Creek is a short drive away. Also a short drive off is Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, a botanical garden. The Delaware Art Museum, also a short drive away, is a good stop for those who prefer galleries.
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- 4,812households
- 66%of adults have a degree
- 2%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 22%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. New Castle County had 306,171 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 67°. About 12 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wilmington Porter Rsch weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hockessin
- ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Cokesbury VillageContinuing care retirement communities289
- Acme MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores131
- Complete Care BrackenvilleNursing homes122
- Wawa SiteConvenience store51
- HockessinMail and parcel delivery34
- Brookdale HockessinAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 652 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hockessin’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on New Castle County and the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro.
Hockessin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hockessin$609,235
- Delaware$405,061
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hockessin listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hockessin25.52%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hockessin28
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hockessin14
Zip codes with a Hockessin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hockessin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.