Bethel vs South Bethany

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

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

South Bethany has the higher population (503 vs 431 in Bethel). South Bethany has the higher median household income ($111,667 vs $91,111 in Bethel). South Bethany has the higher median home value ($855,000 vs $276,300 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	South Bethany
Population	431	503
Median age	52.4 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,111	$111,667
Median home value	$276,300	$855,000
Housing units	199	1,276
Homeownership rate	98.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	South Bethany
Population	268 → 431 (+60.8%)	426 → 503 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$69,500 → $91,111 (+31.1%)	$91,875 → $111,667 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$198,800 → $276,300 (+39.0%)	$734,100 → $855,000 (+16.5%)

Bethel

Population

268431

Median household income

$69,500$91,111

Median home value

$198,800$276,300

South Bethany

Population

426503

Median household income

$91,875$111,667

Median home value

$734,100$855,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	South Bethany
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	0.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	1.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	2.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	1.6%
55 to 64	25.3%	30.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	42.3%
75 and over	8.6%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	South Bethany
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	83.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	South Bethany
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	44.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	South Bethany
Drove alone	81.0%	56.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	40.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	South Bethany
1-unit, detached	97.0%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	South Bethany
Poverty rate	1.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.34	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1938	1993