Slaughter Beach vs South Bethany

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

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

South Bethany has the higher population (503 vs 431 in Slaughter Beach). South Bethany has the higher median household income ($111,667 vs $96,500 in Slaughter Beach). South Bethany has the higher median home value ($855,000 vs $770,800 in Slaughter Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
Population	431	503
Median age	65.1 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,500	$111,667
Median home value	$770,800	$855,000
Median gross rent	$1,579	—
Housing units	367	1,276
Homeownership rate	83.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
Population	251 → 431 (+71.7%)	426 → 503 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$70,750 → $96,500 (+36.4%)	$91,875 → $111,667 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$405,000 → $770,800 (+90.3%)	$734,100 → $855,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,579 (+66.2%)	—

Slaughter Beach

Population

251431

Median household income

$70,750$96,500

Median home value

$405,000$770,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,579

South Bethany

Population

426503

Median household income

$91,875$111,667

Median home value

$734,100$855,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
Under 5	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.1%	0.4%
18 to 24	19.0%	0.2%
25 to 34	3.5%	1.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	6.5%	1.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	30.0%
65 to 74	32.9%	42.3%
75 and over	17.2%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	83.1%
Black or African American	29.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	44.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
Drove alone	67.2%	56.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.6%	40.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
1-unit, detached	94.0%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Slaughter Beach	South Bethany
Poverty rate	14.2%	3.6%
Average household size	1.74	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	40	35
Median year structure built	1969	1993