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Slaughter Beach’s median age is 68 years, against 40.4 years in Delaware’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Among 38 Delaware towns, just one has a higher home-ownership rate than Slaughter Beach. 68% of the land in Slaughter Beach is conserved, against 15% in Delaware’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, at 308 acres. Slaughter Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Slaughter Beach beats most towns.
Census counts: 46 in 1940, 218 in 2020. The archive holds 31 old photos and papers going back to 2017 and 6 maps from 1918 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Slaughter Beach, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Slaughter Beach.
0.3 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. For Slaughter Beach, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | — | 308 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Values rose 10% in the 12 months to September 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 28°, with about 13 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected losses in Slaughter Beach break down as 37% from inland flooding and 23% from coastal flooding. Slaughter Beach’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 65 of 100. Also worth knowing: households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2016.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For Slaughter Beach, the average trip to work is 32 minutes. Employers in Slaughter Beach added 53 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 79. Half commute less than 17 miles. The top destinations are Milford (17%), Lewes (9%) and Dover (6%).
| Slaughter Beach | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.2% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Only 3 of the 38 Delaware towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Slaughter Beach. Slaughter Beach: 5.3% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Slaughter Beach is ahead of Delaware on 16 and behind on 7. In Slaughter Beach, one in ten adults binge drink, and 49% have high blood pressure.
| Slaughter Beach | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Slaughter Beach | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.5% | 7.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 16.1% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Slaughter Beach. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Theme parkMorey's Piers
16 mi MuseumAir Mobility Command Museum30 mi Zoo & aquariumCape May County Park & Zoo28 mi Theme parkHunt's Pier
14 mi MuseumZwaanendael Museum
19 mi Theme parkFunland (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)Morey's Piers: Smallbones, CC0 · Air Mobility Command Museum: Teamski1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Zwaanendael Museum: Smallbones, CC0 · Funland (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware): Tsole, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Slaughter Beach; the nearest are
About 11 of every 100 Slaughter Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Delaware.
Coastal flooding makes up 23% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Town in Delaware, United States
Slaughter Beach is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, located on the southwest shore of Delaware Bay. As of the 2020 census, Slaughter Beach had a population of 218. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Slaughter Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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