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Bethany Beach, DE

905 Population
1.1 square miles 788.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 51.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$100,979 ±$22,527 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $46,684 ±$1,039
  • more than double the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$117,159 ±$17,650 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $81,497 ±$1,512
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.7% ±1.4% (15  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.9% 27,441 (±0.9% / ±2,202)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±11 (5,080  ±1,553) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 27.3 2,555,395 (±0.6 / ±73,684)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

461 ±66 Number of households
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 106,441 ±1,143
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (905  ±140) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 2.4 252,917 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,605 ±193 Number of housing units
  • the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 151,799 ±115
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$720,900 ±$56,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: $382,600 ±$6,986
  • about double the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±4.5% (118  ±44.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 10.1% 25,508 (±0.8% / ±1,996.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±17.7% (794  ±94) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 90.2% 174,663 (±1.5% / ±2,936.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
66.1% ±2.6% (536  ±76.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 33% 63,898 (±0.9% / ±1,758)
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.7% ±3% (33  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.4% 21,392
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±3.8% (77  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seaford, DE Micro Area: 8.5% 17,767 (±0.5% / ±959)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±35 74 Male ±34 3 Female ±6

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