{
 "name": "Kent County",
 "state": "Delaware",
 "stateCode": "DE",
 "fips": "10001",
 "sameAs": [
  "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q128137"
 ],
 "countySeat": "Dover",
 "alsoKnownAs": "Dover",
 "towns": [
  "Dover",
  "Smyrna",
  "Camden",
  "Harrington",
  "Clayton",
  "Felton",
  "Magnolia",
  "Cheswold",
  "Frederica"
 ],
 "bordering": "Kent County borders New Castle and Sussex counties, and across the state line Cape May County, NJ, Caroline County, MD, Cumberland County, NJ, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD and Salem County, NJ.",
 "bordersWeSearch": [],
 "offices": [
  {
   "name": "Kent County Recorder of Deeds",
   "role": "Records deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and liens for the county",
   "kind": "records"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kent County Assessment Office",
   "role": "Owner of record, parcel number and assessment data",
   "kind": "owner"
  }
 ],
 "censusEstimates": {
  "period": "2020 to 2024",
  "note": "Federal census estimates for the county (5-year survey); estimates, not counts.",
  "housingUnits": 76325,
  "ownerOccupiedShareOfOccupiedPct": 72.5,
  "vacantPct": 6.4,
  "medianGrossRentUsd": 1354,
  "medianYearBuilt": 1993,
  "builtBefore1980Pct": 34.7
 },
 "homeValueAndTax": {
  "medianHomeValueUsd": 316600,
  "medianPropertyTaxUsd": 1363,
  "effectivePropertyTaxRatePct": 0.43,
  "ownerOccupiedHomes": 51808,
  "conformingLoanLimitUsd": 832750,
  "twoBedroomFairMarketRentUsd": 1629
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "label": "County seat",
   "value": "Dover"
  },
  {
   "label": "Records office",
   "value": "Kent County Recorder of Deeds"
  },
  {
   "label": "Owner and parcel data",
   "value": "Kent County Assessment Office"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units",
   "value": "76,325"
  },
  {
   "label": "Occupied homes that are owner-occupied",
   "value": "72.5%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units vacant",
   "value": "6.4%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median year homes were built",
   "value": "1993"
  },
  {
   "label": "Homes built before 1980",
   "value": "34.7%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median gross rent",
   "value": "$1,354 a month"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median home value",
   "value": "$316,600"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median property tax",
   "value": "$1,363 a year (0.43% of value)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Last verified",
   "value": "November 9, 2026"
  }
 ],
 "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
 "report": {
  "priceUsd": 49,
  "type": "title search (current owner search)",
  "searches": [
   "Owner of record, parcel number and property address from Kent County's parcel records",
   "Deeds, mortgages, releases, assignments and liens indexed under the owner's name with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds",
   "Each mortgage matched to its recorded release or satisfaction where the index cross-references them",
   "Federal court records matched to the owner",
   "Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel"
  ],
  "doesNotCover": [
   "Documents are tied to the property by their legal description or address; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.",
   "State-court judgments that are not recorded with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds are not searched.",
   "Loan amounts are shown only where the index states them, and delinquent property taxes are not searched.",
   "The report is a public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
  ]
 },
 "links": {
  "page": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/delaware/kent-county",
  "order": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/delaware/kent-county/order",
  "json": "https://heritagedeed.com/data/counties/delaware/kent-county.json"
 },
 "publisher": "HeritageDeed",
 "notice": "A public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
}