Bethany Beach vs Blades

A side-by-side comparison of Bethany Beach and Blades: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethany Beach and Blades are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blades has the higher population (1,055 vs 923 in Bethany Beach). Bethany Beach has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $62,596 in Blades). Bethany Beach has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $209,600 in Blades).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany Beach	Blades
Population	923	1,055
Median age	66.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$62,596
Median home value	$648,500	$209,600
Median gross rent	$1,688	$839
Housing units	2,630	422
Homeownership rate	94.9%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany Beach	Blades
Population	854 → 923 (+8.1%)	1,374 → 1,055 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$87,083 → $105,833 (+21.5%)	$53,462 → $62,596 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$497,300 → $648,500 (+30.4%)	$154,700 → $209,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,688 (+33.5%)	$1,045 → $839 (-19.7%)

Bethany Beach

Population

854923

Median household income

$87,083$105,833

Median home value

$497,300$648,500

Median gross rent

$1,264$1,688

Blades

Population

1,3741,055

Median household income

$53,462$62,596

Median home value

$154,700$209,600

Median gross rent

$1,045$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany Beach	Blades
Under 5	2.0%	13.6%
5 to 17	4.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	2.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	32.4%	9.6%
75 and over	21.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany Beach	Blades
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany Beach	Blades
No high school diploma	2.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	11.2%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany Beach	Blades
Drove alone	51.4%	89.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	1.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany Beach	Blades
1-unit, detached	71.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bethany Beach	Blades
Poverty rate	2.8%	10.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1988	1973