Bethel vs Fenwick Island

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

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

Bethel has the higher population (431 vs 383 in Fenwick Island). Fenwick Island has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $91,111 in Bethel). Fenwick Island has the higher median home value ($1,337,500 vs $276,300 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
Population	431	383
Median age	52.4 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,111	$120,625
Median home value	$276,300	$1,337,500
Housing units	199	740
Homeownership rate	98.4%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
Population	268 → 431 (+60.8%)	505 → 383 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$69,500 → $91,111 (+31.1%)	$73,750 → $120,625 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$198,800 → $276,300 (+39.0%)	$838,400 → $1,337,500 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,167 → $1,313 (+12.5%)

Bethel

Population

268431

Median household income

$69,500$91,111

Median home value

$198,800$276,300

Fenwick Island

Population

505383

Median household income

$73,750$120,625

Median home value

$838,400$1,337,500

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	2.3%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	0.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	25.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	23.2%
75 and over	8.6%	36.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	31.1%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
Drove alone	81.0%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
1-unit, detached	97.0%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Fenwick Island
Poverty rate	1.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.34	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1989