THE REHOBOTH BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Virginian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes setting.
Rehoboth Beach city has 1.18 square miles of land in Sussex County. Its Census reference point is in Virginian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Rehoboth Beach and Sussex County
Rehoboth Beach is associated with Sussex County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Rehoboth Beach by land and water
The Census records 0.47 square miles of water within Rehoboth Beach, or 28.5% of its total area. It is 6.8 percentage points higher than the 21.8% recorded for Sussex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rehoboth Beach city has 4.6 times the land area of nearby Henlopen Acres town (0.26 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

