Fenwick Island vs Henlopen Acres

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

Fenwick Island and Henlopen Acres 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 191 in Henlopen Acres). Henlopen Acres has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,337,500 in Fenwick Island). Since 2019, Henlopen Acres's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs -24.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
Population	383	191
Median age	68.6 yrs	70.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,625	—
Median home value	$1,337,500	$2,000,001
Housing units	740	227
Homeownership rate	96.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
Population	505 → 383 (-24.2%)	182 → 191 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $120,625 (+63.6%)	$178,750 → $168,750 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$838,400 → $1,337,500 (+59.5%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,313 (+12.5%)	—

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

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)

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	2.3%	5.2%
18 to 24	1.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	0.5%	2.6%
45 to 54	7.8%	4.2%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	23.2%	33.5%
75 and over	36.6%	31.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	11.7%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
Drove alone	66.9%	57.7%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	39.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
1-unit, detached	91.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fenwick Island	Henlopen Acres
Poverty rate	1.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.88	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1989	1975