Rehoboth Beach is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 9,869 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Rehoboth Beach is the tenth largest community in Delaware.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rehoboth Beach is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rehoboth Beach is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rehoboth Beach who work in sales jobs (20.14%), office and administrative support jobs (13.31%), and management occupations (12.63%).

Rehoboth 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Rehoboth 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.

Being a small town, Rehoboth Beach does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Rehoboth Beach Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Rehoboth Beach is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.45% of adults in Rehoboth Beach have a college degree.

The per capita income in Rehoboth Beach in 2000 was $31,215, which is upper middle income relative to Delaware, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,860 for a family of four.

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

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