Town Bethany Beach is a town in Delaware, in Sussex County.
The median owner-occupied home in Bethany Beach had a real-estate tax bill of $1,777 (± $141) a year, compared with $1,731 in Delaware and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $648,500 (± $34,947), compared with $326,800 in Delaware and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Bethany Beach | Delaware | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 923 ± 156 | 1,005,872 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,777 ± $141 | $1,731 ± $24 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $648,500 ± $34,947 | $326,800 ± $3,051 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $105,833 ± $19,186 | $82,855 ± $1,234 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.27% ± 0.03 points | 0.53% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 94.9% ± 5.3 points | 72.3% ± 0.5 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 64.9% ± 7.9 points | 36.8% ± 0.5 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 16.0% ± 7.4 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 46% of the estimate | 20.5% ± 0.7 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Delaware
How it works. County monition / Superior Court sheriff-sale process
Excess sale money. Statewide surplus-distribution rule for monition sales requires separate verification; do not infer from redemption or bid-approval statutes
These rules are set by Delaware, not by Bethany Beach, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Delaware entry with statute links.