Dewey Beach vs Henlopen Acres

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

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

Dewey Beach has the higher population (328 vs 191 in Henlopen Acres). Henlopen Acres has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $871,400 in Dewey Beach). Since 2019, Henlopen Acres's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
Population	328	191
Median age	63.2 yrs	70.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,917	—
Median home value	$871,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,175	—
Housing units	1,448	227
Homeownership rate	89.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.8%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
Population	332 → 328 (-1.2%)	182 → 191 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$102,768 → $107,917 (+5.0%)	$178,750 → $168,750 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$615,400 → $871,400 (+41.6%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,175 (-9.1%)	—

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

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)

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
Under 5	1.2%	1.0%
5 to 17	3.0%	5.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	2.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	31.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	23.2%	33.5%
75 and over	16.2%	31.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	8.0%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
Drove alone	58.6%	57.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.1%	39.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
1-unit, detached	40.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dewey Beach	Henlopen Acres
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.83	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1985	1975