Bethel vs Slaughter Beach

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

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

Both have a population of 431. Slaughter Beach has the higher median household income ($96,500 vs $91,111 in Bethel). Slaughter Beach has the higher median home value ($770,800 vs $276,300 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
Population	431	431
Median age	52.4 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,111	$96,500
Median home value	$276,300	$770,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,579
Housing units	199	367
Homeownership rate	98.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
Population	268 → 431 (+60.8%)	251 → 431 (+71.7%)
Median household income	$69,500 → $91,111 (+31.1%)	$70,750 → $96,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$198,800 → $276,300 (+39.0%)	$405,000 → $770,800 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $1,579 (+66.2%)

Bethel

Population

268431

Median household income

$69,500$91,111

Median home value

$198,800$276,300

Slaughter Beach

Population

251431

Median household income

$70,750$96,500

Median home value

$405,000$770,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
Under 5	6.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	2.1%
18 to 24	2.1%	19.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	4.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	25.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	32.9%
75 and over	8.6%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	66.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	31.1%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
Drove alone	81.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	29.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
1-unit, detached	97.0%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Slaughter Beach
Poverty rate	1.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.34	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1938	1969