Zip lookup · DE

19946
Frederica, Delaware.

Frederica, Kent County, DE · Dover, DE metro · population 5,603

What it costs per month · 19946 $1,958/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,119 (+133%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $10,159 +3%
$362,874$373,033 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $85,568 +30%
$287,465$373,033 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 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 19946 $1,958 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 19946$1,958
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 19946 rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $373,033 as of Sep 2026
+2.8%year on year

Typical home value — 19946

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 19946 $373,033 Dover $371,872 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 19946$373,033
  • Dover$371,872
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.5 19962 Magnolia 13,770 $2,800 $422,266
6.7 19979 Viola 619 — $351,792
7.9 19963 Milford 23,500 $1,902 $345,861
8.5 19943 Felton 13,410 — $391,975
9.8 19901 Dover 37,763 $1,749 $333,137
9.9 19954 Houston 1,427 — $346,252
10.1 19934 Camden Wyoming 14,061 $2,017 $387,026
12.2 19952 Harrington 10,908 — $344,683
12.4 19904 Dover 38,818 $1,674 $344,867
12.7 19960 Lincoln 6,774 — $357,356
15.2 19964 Marydel 1,418 — $376,088
15.5 19953 Hartly 5,255 — $372,769
16.5 19941 Ellendale 3,435 — $361,610
16.6 19950 Greenwood 7,918 — $379,125
18.5 21636 Goldsboro 1,097 — $333,794
18.7 21649 Marydel 1,890 — $313,701
18.8 21639 Greensboro 4,682 — $310,080
19.0 19977 Smyrna 27,704 — $397,181
19.9 19968 Milton 15,486 — $479,463

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