Ellendale vs Slaughter Beach

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

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

Ellendale has the higher population (675 vs 431 in Slaughter Beach). Slaughter Beach has the higher median household income ($96,500 vs $66,875 in Ellendale). Slaughter Beach has the higher median home value ($770,800 vs $223,700 in Ellendale).

Population, income & housing

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
Population	675	431
Median age	15.6 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$96,500
Median home value	$223,700	$770,800
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,579
Housing units	181	367
Homeownership rate	80.8%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
Population	552 → 675 (+22.3%)	251 → 431 (+71.7%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $66,875 (+34.6%)	$70,750 → $96,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $223,700 (+46.3%)	$405,000 → $770,800 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,272 (+17.2%)	$950 → $1,579 (+66.2%)

Ellendale

Population

552675

Median household income

$49,688$66,875

Median home value

$152,900$223,700

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,272

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)

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
Under 5	28.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	25.6%	2.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	19.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	3.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	6.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	32.9%
75 and over	1.3%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	66.4%
Black or African American	19.3%	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	5.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
No high school diploma	23.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
Drove alone	86.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	29.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
1-unit, detached	87.3%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellendale	Slaughter Beach
Poverty rate	16.3%	14.2%
Average household size	3.92	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	2002	1969