Bethany Beach vs Frankford

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

Bethany Beach and Frankford 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 883 in Frankford). Bethany Beach has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $74,583 in Frankford). Bethany Beach has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $277,800 in Frankford).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
Population	923	883
Median age	66.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$74,583
Median home value	$648,500	$277,800
Median gross rent	$1,688	$1,273
Housing units	2,630	288
Homeownership rate	94.9%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
Population	854 → 923 (+8.1%)	867 → 883 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$87,083 → $105,833 (+21.5%)	$42,875 → $74,583 (+74.0%)
Median home value	$497,300 → $648,500 (+30.4%)	$169,100 → $277,800 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,688 (+33.5%)	$1,206 → $1,273 (+5.6%)

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

Frankford

Population

867883

Median household income

$42,875$74,583

Median home value

$169,100$277,800

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
Under 5	2.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	4.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	2.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	7.1%
65 to 74	32.4%	4.9%
75 and over	21.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	18.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
No high school diploma	2.0%	32.3%
High school graduate	11.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
Drove alone	51.4%	69.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	23.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	31.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
1-unit, detached	71.7%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethany Beach	Frankford
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.1%
Average household size	1.95	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1988	1976