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Rehoboth Beach, DE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rehoboth Beach, DE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 12,385. 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 REHOBOTH-BEACH-DE · Rehoboth Beach, DE 1 ZIPs · 12,385 pop · #4112/25278 · Sussex County

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

  • INC-HIGH $102,146
  • RANK-TOP #4112/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Lewes
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-TOWN 12,385
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $608,800

Nearest income peer: Lewes, DE ( $4,949 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 Rehoboth Beach

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rehoboth Beach 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, Rehoboth Beach, DE sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
12,385
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$102,146
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 $102,146 and home value $608,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 55.7%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Delaware, Clayton is the closest lower-income city and Magnolia the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rehoboth Beach.

Population concentration

Rehoboth Beach reads through its lone ZIP, 19971

12,385 ACS residents, one ZIP: 19971 is not the leading code inside Rehoboth Beach, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Rehoboth Beach's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 972 establishments, 11,062 employees , annual payroll $477,932k (~78 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 19971 (972 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (283) · also Accommodation and food services · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Rehoboth Beach, DE

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

No other city sharing Sussex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Rehoboth Beach. 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, 41% below Rehoboth Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
19971 12,385 $102,146 972 289
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Rehoboth Beach 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 Rehoboth Beach, .