Dagsboro vs Rehoboth Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Dagsboro and Rehoboth Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rehoboth Beach has the higher population (1,388 vs 1,350 in Dagsboro). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $64,250 in Dagsboro). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median home value ($1,238,400 vs $285,000 in Dagsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
Population	1,350	1,388
Median age	37.7 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,250	$141,250
Median home value	$285,000	$1,238,400
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,391
Housing units	583	3,184
Homeownership rate	79.2%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
Population	986 → 1,350 (+36.9%)	1,400 → 1,388 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$62,206 → $64,250 (+3.3%)	$114,583 → $141,250 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$213,900 → $285,000 (+33.2%)	$1,017,100 → $1,238,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,315 (+21.2%)	$1,261 → $1,391 (+10.3%)

Dagsboro

Population

9861,350

Median household income

$62,206$64,250

Median home value

$213,900$285,000

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,315

Rehoboth Beach

Population

1,4001,388

Median household income

$114,583$141,250

Median home value

$1,017,100$1,238,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
Under 5	4.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	3.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	1.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	4.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	4.4%
45 to 54	5.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	26.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	26.5%
75 and over	16.2%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	89.1%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	11.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
No high school diploma	20.2%	0.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
Drove alone	88.8%	46.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.3%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	33.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
1-unit, detached	65.4%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dagsboro	Rehoboth Beach
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.49	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1981	1975