Bethany Beach vs Ellendale

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

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

Bethany Beach has the higher population (923 vs 675 in Ellendale). Bethany Beach has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $66,875 in Ellendale). Bethany Beach has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $223,700 in Ellendale).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
Population	923	675
Median age	66.4 yrs	15.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$66,875
Median home value	$648,500	$223,700
Median gross rent	$1,688	$1,272
Housing units	2,630	181
Homeownership rate	94.9%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
Population	854 → 923 (+8.1%)	552 → 675 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$87,083 → $105,833 (+21.5%)	$49,688 → $66,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$497,300 → $648,500 (+30.4%)	$152,900 → $223,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,688 (+33.5%)	$1,085 → $1,272 (+17.2%)

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

Ellendale

Population

552675

Median household income

$49,688$66,875

Median home value

$152,900$223,700

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
Under 5	2.0%	28.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	25.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	2.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	7.3%
65 to 74	32.4%	6.2%
75 and over	21.0%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	36.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	38.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
No high school diploma	2.0%	23.9%
High school graduate	11.2%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
Drove alone	51.4%	86.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	8.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
1-unit, detached	71.7%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethany Beach	Ellendale
Poverty rate	2.8%	16.3%
Average household size	1.95	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1988	2002