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Bethlehem township, Hunterdon County, NJ

3,760 Population
20.7 square miles 181.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hunterdon County: 46.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$67,437 ±$9,460 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hunterdon County: $72,227 ±$2,148
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$142,434 ±$23,637 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hunterdon County: $141,715 ±$3,618
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.8% ±3% (143  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Hunterdon County: 4% † 5,113 (±0.5% / ±649)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.5 minutes ±1.7 (60,390  ±7,762) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hunterdon County: 33 1,702,505 (±0.8 / ±65,404)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,353 ±71 Number of households
  • Hunterdon County: 50,860 ±274
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (3,760  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hunterdon County: 2.5 127,517 (±0 / ±157)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±2.1% (10  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hunterdon County: 4.5% † 1,208 (±0.9% / ±238)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,392 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Hunterdon County: 52,115 ±104
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$496,600 ±$40,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hunterdon County: $517,200 ±$12,844
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±6.6% (506  ±249.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hunterdon County: 8.8% † 11,317 (±1% / ±1,307)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.2% ±9% (2,572  ±282.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hunterdon County: 96.3% 91,554 (±2% / ±1,939.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.3% ±7.7% (1,553  ±221) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hunterdon County: 57.4% 54,556 (±1.4% / ±1,373.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% ±2.6% (153  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hunterdon County: 10.6% 13,793
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.8% (156  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hunterdon County: 4.6% 4,863 (±0.4% / ±377)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
156 Total veterans ±83 146 Male ±82 10 Female ±16

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