Some people might think Delaware is cheap place to live while others might swap that descriptor for “expensive.”

Whichever side of the argument you fall on, see how living costs for renters in Delaware compare with other areas in the United States.

The most expensive metro areas for renters

Lawn Love, a lawn care company, ranked 2025’s most expensive metro areas for renters by comparing 195 of the largest U.S. markets across seven factors covering affordability, rent prices and market trends.

Lawn Love assigned a weight to each metric based on its importance and grouped the factors into the category of financial burden or cost inflators. Each metro was scored out of 100 points to determine its rank in each factor, each category, and overall. A metro’s overall score is the average of

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