Lincoln vs Rehoboth Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln and Rehoboth Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln has the higher population (1,639 vs 1,388 in Rehoboth Beach). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $74,712 in Lincoln). Rehoboth Beach has the higher median home value ($1,238,400 vs $261,400 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
Population	1,639	1,388
Median age	28.4 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,712	$141,250
Median home value	$261,400	$1,238,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,391
Housing units	375	3,184
Homeownership rate	87.4%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
Population	605 → 1,639 (+170.9%)	1,400 → 1,388 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$55,075 → $74,712 (+35.7%)	$114,583 → $141,250 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $261,400 (+73.6%)	$1,017,100 → $1,238,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,261 → $1,391 (+10.3%)

Lincoln

Population

6051,639

Median household income

$55,075$74,712

Median home value

$150,600$261,400

Rehoboth Beach

Population

1,4001,388

Median household income

$114,583$141,250

Median home value

$1,017,100$1,238,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
Under 5	5.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	27.2%	3.2%
18 to 24	12.0%	1.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	6.1%	4.4%
45 to 54	3.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	21.7%	26.6%
65 to 74	4.3%	26.5%
75 and over	9.2%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	17.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	70.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
No high school diploma	9.5%	0.2%
High school graduate	61.1%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
Drove alone	99.8%	46.5%
Carpooled	0.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	33.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
1-unit, detached	62.4%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln	Rehoboth Beach
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.0%
Average household size	4.79	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1982	1975