Frankford vs South Bethany

A side-by-side comparison of Frankford and South Bethany: population, income, housing, and more.

Frankford and South Bethany are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Frankford has the higher population (883 vs 503 in South Bethany). South Bethany has the higher median household income ($111,667 vs $74,583 in Frankford). South Bethany has the higher median home value ($855,000 vs $277,800 in Frankford).

Population, income & housing

	Frankford	South Bethany
Population	883	503
Median age	36.0 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$111,667
Median home value	$277,800	$855,000
Median gross rent	$1,273	—
Housing units	288	1,276
Homeownership rate	58.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankford	South Bethany
Population	867 → 883 (+1.8%)	426 → 503 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$42,875 → $74,583 (+74.0%)	$91,875 → $111,667 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $277,800 (+64.3%)	$734,100 → $855,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,273 (+5.6%)	—

Frankford

Population

867883

Median household income

$42,875$74,583

Median home value

$169,100$277,800

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,273

South Bethany

Population

426503

Median household income

$91,875$111,667

Median home value

$734,100$855,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frankford	South Bethany
Under 5	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	0.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	1.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	1.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	30.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	42.3%
75 and over	8.3%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankford	South Bethany
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	83.1%
Black or African American	30.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankford	South Bethany
No high school diploma	32.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	44.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankford	South Bethany
Drove alone	69.6%	56.2%
Carpooled	23.6%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	40.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankford	South Bethany
1-unit, detached	79.2%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frankford	South Bethany
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.6%
Average household size	3.70	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1976	1993