Bridgeville, Delaware Short-Term Rental Market
Bridgeville, DE (central Delaware, near the beach corridor) STR data: $226/night at 57.6% occupancy in June 2026.
Quick Answer: Bridgeville, Delaware is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Dover market area is 58%. average monthly revenue in the Dover market area is $3,557. average daily rate in the Dover market area is $226.
Market data reflects the Dover regional market, which includes Bridgeville. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Bridgeville.
Market Overview
Bridgeville is a small agricultural town of 2,745 residents in western Sussex County, Delaware, about 30-40 minutes inland from the Atlantic beach resorts of Rehoboth and Lewes. Much of its short-term rental demand is spillover from beach tourism rather than in-town attractions, alongside its own draw: the annual Apple-Scrapple Festival each October, which pulls roughly 35,000 visitors and has been named one of the top 100 events in North America by the American Bus Association.
StaySTRA’s Airbnb/Vrbo performance data for this area is tracked at a shared regional level with nearby Frederica rather than uniquely for Bridgeville; treat the following as the central Delaware area STR market. In June 2026, that market averaged 57.6% occupancy and a $226 ADR, producing $3,557 in average monthly revenue per listing. Year over year, occupancy is down 10.6 points and revenue is down 1.5%, even as ADR rose 3.9%, a sign fewer nights are being booked despite higher rates.
StaySTRA does not have dimension (bedroom mix, listing type), top-property-manager, or housing-price data on file for this area; that data is not currently tracked for this market, so this profile omits it rather than estimate.
Bridgeville has no dedicated short-term-rental ordinance; rentals fall under the town’s general Residential Rental Unit License, and Delaware’s new statewide 4.5% short-term-rental lodging tax has applied since January 1, 2025. Bridgeville also functions as a bedroom and retiree community (including the Heritage Shores golf resort community) and a stopover for travelers heading to Delaware’s Atlantic beach resorts.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 40% |
| Feb | 50% |
| Mar | 53% |
| Apr | 54% |
| May | 53% |
| Jun | 64% |
| Jul | 66% |
| Aug | 65% |
| Sep | 52% |
| Oct | 44% |
| Nov | 46% |
| Dec | 43% |
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Bridgeville does not have a standalone short-term-rental ordinance. Instead, all residential rentals, including Airbnb/Vrbo-style stays, fall under the town’s Residential Rental Unit License requirement (Ordinance A10-8, later amended by Ordinance 2022-05). Every rental unit must be registered and licensed with the town, and since 2022 an outside agency (First State Inspection Agency) inspects rental properties against the current building code before a license is issued.
Licenses are renewed annually. On top of local licensing, Delaware imposed a new statewide 4.5% short-term-rental lodging tax effective January 1, 2025, applying to any residential dwelling rented for 31 or fewer consecutive nights; the booking platform or a direct-renting owner collects and remits it monthly to the Delaware Division of Revenue, and a direct-booking host must hold a $25 Delaware Business License as an accommodations intermediary.
No owner-occupancy or primary-residence requirement and no annual-night cap were found for Bridgeville. Exact per-unit license fees are set in the town’s fee schedule and were not published in the sources reviewed; investors should confirm current fees, zoning permissibility, and any county-level rental tax directly with the Town of Bridgeville.
Enforcement is characterized as moderate, run through the standard rental-licensing and inspection process rather than a dedicated STR enforcement program.
Market Comparison
National benchmarks put the median U.S. short-term rental market at roughly 55% occupancy and a $220 ADR. The central Delaware area STR market that includes Bridgeville runs close to both, at 57.6% occupancy and a $226 ADR in June 2026, a mainstream mid-Atlantic performance level.
Bridgeville’s position as an inland stopover roughly 30-40 minutes from Rehoboth and Lewes gives it a lower entry point than Delaware’s beach-town markets themselves, while still capturing meaningful summer spillover demand.
StaySTRA does not have top property-manager listings, review counts, or ratings on file for this market; that data is not currently tracked for this area, so this profile omits named-operator comparisons rather than estimate them.
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