Fenwick Island, DE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fenwick Island, DE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 620. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet FENWICK-ISLAND-DE · Fenwick Island, DE 1 ZIPs · 620 pop · #2088/25278 · Sussex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $121,250
  • RANK-TOP #2088/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Rehoboth Beach
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 92% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 620
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $1,189,300

Nearest income peer: Rehoboth Beach, DE ( $19,104 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Fenwick Island

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fenwick Island on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Fenwick Island, DE sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
620
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$121,250
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $121,250 and home value $1,189,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 53.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Delaware, Odessa is the closest lower-income city and Bethany Beach the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fenwick Island.

Population concentration

Fenwick Island's single ZIP 19944 carries the town

Fenwick Island is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 19944 is the entire residential footprint (620 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Fenwick Island's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 80 establishments, 599 employees , annual payroll $27,914k (~129 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 19944 (80 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (26) · also Retail trade · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Fenwick Island, DE

These ZIP codes sit in Sussex County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fenwick Island. See the Sussex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Sussex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Fenwick Island. Millsboro, Seaford and Lewes sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Bridgeville marks the far end of that range at $60,703, 50% below Fenwick Island.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
19944 620 $121,250 80 189

Fenwick Island roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Fenwick Island, .