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SheetDE-REHOBOTH-BEACH-DE · Rehoboth Beach, DE 1,388 pop · income 93rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rehoboth Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rehoboth Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
El Tumbao com… · lowest
16,883
El Tumbao com… · lowest
16,883 median HH income
11.5% of the leader · rank #1
Rehoboth Beach · this city
141,250
Rehoboth Beach · this city
141,250 median HH income
96.1% of the leader · rank #2
Buckeystown · near
141,250
Buckeystown · near
141,250 median HH income
96.1% of the leader · rank #3
Elmdale · near
141,250
Elmdale · near
141,250 median HH income
96.1% of the leader · rank #4
Santa Rita Ra… · near
141,250
Santa Rita Ra… · near
141,250 median HH income
96.1% of the leader · rank #5
Dayton · near
141,308
Dayton · near
141,308 median HH income
96.2% of the leader · rank #6
St. Georges · highest
146,944
St. Georges · highest
146,944 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Rehoboth Beach on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,388.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Rehoboth Beach - the verdict
Nationally, Rehoboth Beach sits in the 93rd percentile for household income and the 1st percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
93rd
percentile, household income
98th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
1st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Rehoboth Beach, DE
Rehoboth Beach is a small town in Delaware, home to 1,388 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Rehoboth Beach brings in $141,250 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.5%. Home values in Rehoboth Beach run a median of $1,238,400, and the median resident age is 62.8 years. About 68.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 51.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Rehoboth Beach's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 8267.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Delaware tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Delaware at 99.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,560 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Delaware's average monthly utility costs around $243 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 91.3 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Rehoboth Beach's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Rehoboth Beach, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Rehoboth Beach growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +174 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +15.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
How far does income reach against housing in Rehoboth Beach?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 8.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rehoboth Beach?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Delaware, the closest population matches are Dagsboro (1,350 residents, $64,250 income); Rodney (1,318 residents, $40,341 income); Bellefonte (1,507 residents, $86,667 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Niland, CA (1,388 residents); Atwood, KS (1,388 residents); Big Bass Lake, PA (1,388 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Rehoboth Beach?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 46.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Rehoboth Beach?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 68.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
3.5%
Bachelor's degree+
68.0%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Rehoboth Beach?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 8267.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 263% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
8267.1
Violent rate
635.9
Property rate
7631.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Delaware average
C+
City profile score · Rehoboth Beach, DE
63/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
68.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$141,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
99.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
636 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Rehoboth Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 96/100 (A+) · 68.0%
Household income: 94/100 (A+) · $141,250
Poverty rate: 75/100 (B+) · 3.5%
Cost of living: 41/100 (D) · 99.8 index
Violent crime: 8/100 (F) · 636 /100k
Where Rehoboth Beach sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Rehoboth Beach's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Rehoboth Beach highlighted among 24 peers.Read the chart values
Rehoboth Beach, DE (this city): home $1,238,400, crime 8,267/100k
Atwood, KS : home $113,400, crime 980/100k
Dagsboro, DE : home $285,000, crime 1,613/100k
Newport, DE : home $230,900, crime 3,475/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Rehoboth Beach compare to other US cities?
Where Rehoboth Beach sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value98% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
Safety1% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Delaware, Rehoboth Beach ranks #31 of 31 Delaware cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Rehoboth Beach against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Delaware only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Delaware-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Rehoboth Beach near the bottom of Delaware's cities
Among the 79 Delaware cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rehoboth Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rehoboth Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#6 of 77
92nd percentile in Delaware
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 79
0th percentile in Delaware
Median Home Value
#3 of 77
96th percentile in Delaware
Poverty Rate
#51 of 79
35th percentile in Delaware
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#6 of 79
92nd percentile in Delaware
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Delaware only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
93rd percentile nationally for median household income · 1st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Rehoboth Beach's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Rehoboth Beach's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Rehoboth Beach's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,238,4002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Rehoboth Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 8.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,207 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,138 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.8×, Rehoboth Beach sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,207 of 15,516 and #11,138 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$141,250Rehoboth Beach, DE median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rehoboth Beach, DE median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)68.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,388
Median Income
$141,250
Median Home Value
$1,238,400
Median Age
62.8
Poverty Rate
3.5%
Labor force participation
51.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
68.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
8267.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
635.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
7631.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Rehoboth Beach's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,135 residents
2021
1,176 residents
2022
1,216 residents
2023
1,250 residents
2024
1,282 residents
2025
1,309 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
46.5%
Carpool
2.3%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
11.3%
Work from Home
33.1%
Other
5.6%
Based on 664 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Delaware statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $243
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Delaware at $243 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Delaware statewide averages, not a meter reading for Rehoboth Beach. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Delaware's BEA cost-of-living index is 99.8 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Rehoboth Beach is $1,560/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Delaware statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 91.3 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Delaware statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Rehoboth Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rehoboth Beach compares to similar-size Delaware cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.