Best PlacesRehoboth Beach, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rehoboth Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rehoboth Beach ranks 4,942nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rehoboth Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Rehoboth Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rehoboth Beach ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
Where Rehoboth Beach ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rehoboth Beach
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rehoboth Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $116,797, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Rehoboth Beach's effective rate of 0.24%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth Beach runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rehoboth Beach.
Who works in Rehoboth Beach, and how
Work in Rehoboth Beach centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns and more late-night spots per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rehoboth Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rehoboth Beach, month by month
Rehoboth Beach sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Rehoboth Beach
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rehoboth Beach
Schools across Rehoboth Beach average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lewes Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Rehoboth Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beacon Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Cape Henlopen High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rehoboth Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rehoboth Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Rehoboth Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rehoboth Beach
Is Rehoboth Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rehoboth Beach ranks 4,942nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, biking, and state infrastructure, and lowest on empty homes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rehoboth Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $686,611. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $116,797 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Rehoboth Beach safe?
Rehoboth Beach is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
Compare Rehoboth Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rehoboth Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rehoboth Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Rehoboth Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rehoboth Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rehoboth Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rehoboth Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rehoboth Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rehoboth Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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