Dewey Beach vs Fenwick Island

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

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

Fenwick Island has the higher population (383 vs 328 in Dewey Beach). Fenwick Island has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $107,917 in Dewey Beach). Fenwick Island has the higher median home value ($1,337,500 vs $871,400 in Dewey Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
Population	328	383
Median age	63.2 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,917	$120,625
Median home value	$871,400	$1,337,500
Median gross rent	$1,175	—
Housing units	1,448	740
Homeownership rate	89.4%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.8%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
Population	332 → 328 (-1.2%)	505 → 383 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$102,768 → $107,917 (+5.0%)	$73,750 → $120,625 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$615,400 → $871,400 (+41.6%)	$838,400 → $1,337,500 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,175 (-9.1%)	$1,167 → $1,313 (+12.5%)

Dewey Beach

Population

332328

Median household income

$102,768$107,917

Median home value

$615,400$871,400

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,175

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)

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.0%	2.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	0.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	31.4%	22.7%
65 to 74	23.2%	23.2%
75 and over	16.2%	36.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	8.0%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
Drove alone	58.6%	66.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
1-unit, detached	40.3%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	11.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dewey Beach	Fenwick Island
Poverty rate	7.3%	1.3%
Average household size	1.83	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1985	1989