Delaware · Census place 67050
Slaughter Beach town, DE
Quick answer
Slaughter Beach town has 431 residents, ranking #64 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $96,500, the median home is worth $770,800 and median gross rent runs $1,579 a month.
- Population
- 431Slaughter Beach town residents
- Median household income
- $96,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $770,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,579Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 65.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 83.1%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Slaughter Beach town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Slaughter Beach town median would spend about 19.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 8.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 83.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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