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Slaughter Beach, DE

Slaughter Beach's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

431
Residents
$96,500
Median income
$770,800
Median home
$1,560
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet DE-SLAUGHTER-BEACH-DE · Slaughter Beach, DE 431 pop · income 76th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-TOP · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 431
  • INC-HIGH $96,500
  • COL-PAR 99.8
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UPPER 76th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allenhurst
  • HOME-TOP $770,800
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Allenhurst, NJ (+ $0 income $)

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 Slaughter Beach

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Slaughter Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Slaughter Beach on ACS population and median household income . 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: 431.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $96,500. Population peers are excluded.

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Slaughter Beach - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Slaughter Beach places in the 76th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

76th
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Slaughter Beach, DE

Delaware's Slaughter Beach is a small town, with 431 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Slaughter Beach households earn a median of $96,500 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.5%. Home values in Slaughter Beach run a median of $770,800, and the median resident age is 65.1 years. About 51.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 44.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Delaware tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Delaware scores 99.8 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,560 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $243 across Delaware, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 91.3 out of 100 (Very High).

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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 housing and income to population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Slaughter Beach, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Slaughter 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 8.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Question 2

Is Slaughter Beach growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +33 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +14.9% 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.

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3. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Slaughter 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.

Within Delaware, the closest population matches are Bethel (431 residents, $91,111 income); Houston (456 residents, $100,208 income); Odessa (392 residents, $86,875 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Prattsville, AR (431 residents); Grand View, ID (431 residents); Waveland, IN (431 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.

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Question 4

What does the journey to work look like in Slaughter Beach?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.2%. 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.

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Population

431 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$96,500 /yr

High income · poverty 6.5% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

99.8 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Delaware average

City profile score · Slaughter Beach, DE

64/100

4 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
51.0%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income B+
$96,500

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate C
6.5%

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 N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Slaughter Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Bachelor's+ shareHousehold incomePoverty rateCost of living 64 C+
Slaughter Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Bachelor's+ share: 85/100 (A) · 51.0%
  • Household income: 75/100 (B+) · $96,500
  • Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.5%
  • Cost of living: 41/100 (D) · 99.8 index

How does Slaughter Beach compare to other US cities?

Slaughter Beach measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 76% higher than other cities
Home value 94% pricier than other cities
Median rent 78% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Slaughter 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 Slaughter Beach near the bottom of Delaware's cities

Among the 79 Delaware cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Slaughter Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Slaughter Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#21 of 77
73rd percentile in Delaware
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 79
0th percentile in Delaware
Median Home Value
#8 of 77
90th percentile in Delaware
Poverty Rate
#35 of 79
56th percentile in Delaware
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#15 of 79
81st 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.

76thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

76th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Slaughter Beach's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$770,800 6th percentile more affordable than 6% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). This entry sits in this band. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Slaughter Beach $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Slaughter Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 8.0×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,005 of 15,516
More affordable than 3% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,009 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 8.0×, Slaughter Beach sits in the pressured band: national rank #15,005 of 15,516 and #11,009 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

$96,500 Slaughter Beach, DE median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Slaughter Beach, DE Slaughter Beach, DE's median household income ($96,500) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Slaughter Beach, DE-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Slaughter Beach, DE median $96,500/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Slaughter 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 Slaughter Beach, DE.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 51.0%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 6.5%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 44.6%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
431
Median Income
$96,500
Median Home Value
$770,800
Median Age
65.1
Poverty Rate
6.5%
Labor force participation
44.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
51.0%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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210 residents220 residents230 residents240 residents250 residents260 residents 202020212022202320242025 222 residents 255 residents ▲ +14.9%
Slaughter Beach's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 222 residents
2021 229 residents
2022 237 residents
2023 244 residents
2024 250 residents
2025 255 residents

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
67.2%
Carpool
3.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
29.6%

Based on 186 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 Slaughter 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 Slaughter 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 Slaughter Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Slaughter 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Slaughter Beach (this city) 431 $96,500
Bethel 431 $91,111
Houston 456 $100,208
Odessa 392 $86,875
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, 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.

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