Bethel vs Ellendale

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

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

Ellendale has the higher population (675 vs 431 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($91,111 vs $66,875 in Ellendale). Bethel has the higher median home value ($276,300 vs $223,700 in Ellendale).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Ellendale
Population	431	675
Median age	52.4 yrs	15.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,111	$66,875
Median home value	$276,300	$223,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,272
Housing units	199	181
Homeownership rate	98.4%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Ellendale
Population	268 → 431 (+60.8%)	552 → 675 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$69,500 → $91,111 (+31.1%)	$49,688 → $66,875 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$198,800 → $276,300 (+39.0%)	$152,900 → $223,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,085 → $1,272 (+17.2%)

Bethel

Population

268431

Median household income

$69,500$91,111

Median home value

$198,800$276,300

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)

	Bethel	Ellendale
Under 5	6.5%	28.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	25.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	25.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.2%
75 and over	8.6%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Ellendale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	36.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	38.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Ellendale
No high school diploma	4.5%	23.9%
High school graduate	31.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Ellendale
Drove alone	81.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Ellendale
1-unit, detached	97.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Ellendale
Poverty rate	1.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.34	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	2002