Bethany Beach vs Rehoboth Beach

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

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

Rehoboth Beach has the higher population (1,388 vs 923 in Bethany Beach). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $105,833 in Bethany Beach). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median home value ($1,238,400 vs $648,500 in Bethany Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
Population	923	1,388
Median age	66.4 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$141,250
Median home value	$648,500	$1,238,400
Median gross rent	$1,688	$1,391
Housing units	2,630	3,184
Homeownership rate	94.9%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
Population	854 → 923 (+8.1%)	1,400 → 1,388 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$87,083 → $105,833 (+21.5%)	$114,583 → $141,250 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$497,300 → $648,500 (+30.4%)	$1,017,100 → $1,238,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,264 → $1,688 (+33.5%)	$1,261 → $1,391 (+10.3%)

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

Rehoboth Beach

Population

1,4001,388

Median household income

$114,583$141,250

Median home value

$1,017,100$1,238,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
Under 5	2.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	4.3%	3.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	2.9%	4.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	19.1%	26.6%
65 to 74	32.4%	26.5%
75 and over	21.0%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.2%
High school graduate	11.2%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
Drove alone	51.4%	46.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.2%
Walked	5.2%	11.3%
Bicycle	6.7%	4.5%
Worked from home	31.3%	33.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
1-unit, detached	71.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethany Beach	Rehoboth Beach
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.0%
Average household size	1.95	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1988	1975