Bethany Beach vs Dagsboro

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

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

Dagsboro has the higher population (1,350 vs 923 in Bethany Beach). Bethany Beach has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $64,250 in Dagsboro). Bethany Beach has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $285,000 in Dagsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
Population	923	1,350
Median age	66.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$64,250
Median home value	$648,500	$285,000
Median gross rent	$1,688	$1,315
Housing units	2,630	583
Homeownership rate	94.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
Population	854 → 923 (+8.1%)	986 → 1,350 (+36.9%)
Median household income	$87,083 → $105,833 (+21.5%)	$62,206 → $64,250 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$497,300 → $648,500 (+30.4%)	$213,900 → $285,000 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,688 (+33.5%)	$1,085 → $1,315 (+21.2%)

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

Dagsboro

Population

9861,350

Median household income

$62,206$64,250

Median home value

$213,900$285,000

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
Under 5	2.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	2.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	32.4%	10.4%
75 and over	21.0%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
No high school diploma	2.0%	20.2%
High school graduate	11.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
Drove alone	51.4%	88.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
1-unit, detached	71.7%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethany Beach	Dagsboro
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1988	1981