Bethel vs Henlopen Acres

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

Bethel and Henlopen Acres 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 191 in Henlopen Acres). Henlopen Acres has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $276,300 in Bethel). Since 2019, Bethel's population has grown faster (+60.8% vs +4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
Population	431	191
Median age	52.4 yrs	70.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,111	—
Median home value	$276,300	$2,000,001
Housing units	199	227
Homeownership rate	98.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
Population	268 → 431 (+60.8%)	182 → 191 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$69,500 → $91,111 (+31.1%)	$178,750 → $168,750 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$198,800 → $276,300 (+39.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)

Bethel

Population

268431

Median household income

$69,500$91,111

Median home value

$198,800$276,300

Henlopen Acres

Population

182191

Median household income

$178,750$168,750

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
Under 5	6.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	5.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	2.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	4.2%
55 to 64	25.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	33.5%
75 and over	8.6%	31.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
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%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
Drove alone	81.0%	57.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	39.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
1-unit, detached	97.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Henlopen Acres
Poverty rate	1.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1975