How much does a security camera cost per month in Delaware?

About 68.3¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 18.70¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?

Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Delaware has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.

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Cost to run a security camera in Delaware (August 2026 rates)

At 18.70¢ per kilowatt-hour — Delaware's average residential price in August 2026 — running a security camera costs $8.19 a year. That is 3% more than the national average of $7.95. Delaware's residential rate is up 11.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.38 to $8.19 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 2.2¢
Per month: 68.3¢
Per year: $8.19

Assumption: 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 44 kWh a year. Per wired camera, including night-vision illuminators averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Delaware compares

Delaware pays 18.70¢/kWh, the 19th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 23.7¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same security camera costs $5.57 a year in Nevada and $20.66 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $15.09 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Minnesota	17.20¢	62.8¢	$7.53
Virginia	17.64¢	64.4¢	$7.73
Delaware	18.70¢	68.3¢	$8.19
Illinois	19.32¢	70.5¢	$8.46
Ohio	19.38¢	70.7¢	$8.49

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a security camera.

What else costs about the same in Delaware

Electric pressure cooker$7.85 a year in DE Rice cooker$7.85 a year in DE Electric lawn mower$7.78 a year in DE

Cutting the number down

Individually trivial, collectively real: eight cameras around the clock is an always-on load worth knowing about.

Questions

How much does a security camera cost per month in Delaware?: About 68.3¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 18.70¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?: Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Delaware has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.