About Bethany Beach

Bethany Beach is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 2,676 people and just one neighborhood, Bethany Beach is the 25th largest community in Delaware.

Bethany Beach is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bethany Beach is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethany Beach who work in management occupations (20.54%), sales jobs (19.76%), and office and administrative support jobs (8.92%).

A relatively large number of people in Bethany Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.18% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Bethany Beach is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

A very large number of seniors call Bethany Beach home: people 65 and over are 32.51% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the town's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Bethany Beach are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Bethany Beach is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Bethany Beach Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bethany Beach, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bethany Beach is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 48.96% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bethany Beach in 2000 was $50,486, which is wealthy relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $201,944 for a family of four. However, Bethany Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bethany Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bethany Beach is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bethany Beach include Irish, German, English, Italian, Polish, Scotch-Irish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Bethany Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.