Zip lookup · DE

19954
Houston, Delaware.

Houston, Kent County, DE · Dover, DE metro · population 1,427

What it costs per month · 19954 $1,817/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,049 (+136%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,119 +2%
$341,133$346,252 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $87,665 +34%
$258,587$346,252 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 19954 $1,817 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 19954$1,817
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 19954 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $346,252 as of Sep 2026
+1.5%year on year

Typical home value — 19954

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 19954 $346,252 Dover $371,872 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 19954$346,252
  • Dover$371,872
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.7 19952 Harrington 10,908 — $344,683
6.7 19960 Lincoln 6,774 — $357,356
6.8 19950 Greenwood 7,918 — $379,125
8.0 19963 Milford 23,500 $1,902 $345,861
8.7 19943 Felton 13,410 — $391,975
8.9 19941 Ellendale 3,435 — $361,610
9.9 19946 Frederica 5,603 — $373,033
10.9 19979 Viola 619 — $351,792
11.9 19962 Magnolia 13,770 $2,800 $422,266
12.1 19933 Bridgeville 10,597 $3,032 $365,908
13.9 19934 Camden Wyoming 14,061 $2,017 $387,026
15.3 19968 Milton 15,486 — $479,463
15.3 21639 Greensboro 4,682 — $310,080
16.7 21629 Denton 10,252 — $358,239
16.9 19947 Georgetown 20,760 — $371,598
17.3 21636 Goldsboro 1,097 — $333,794
17.4 19964 Marydel 1,418 — $376,088
18.3 21632 Federalsburg 6,436 — $241,528
19.1 19901 Dover 37,763 $1,749 $333,137
19.1 19973 Seaford 26,834 — $314,424
19.3 19904 Dover 38,818 $1,674 $344,867
19.8 19953 Hartly 5,255 — $372,769

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