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Bethel town, Sullivan County, NY

3,997 Population
85.3 square miles 46.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,568 ±$5,250 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sullivan County: $40,474 ±$2,331
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$72,813 ±$5,993 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sullivan County: $69,826 ±$2,633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

15.7% ±7.3% (604  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 15.2% † 11,547 (±1.7% / ±1,269)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

36.6 minutes ±5.7 (52,260  ±12,194) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Sullivan County: 27.8 841,320 (±1.1 / ±47,405)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,592 ±198 Number of households
  • Sullivan County: 30,215 ±767
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.3 (3,918  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sullivan County: 2.5 74,677 (±0.1 / ±300)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.1% ±5.5% (27  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sullivan County: 7% † 1,120 (±1.9% / ±297)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,822 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Sullivan County: 49,667 ±133
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$233,000 ±$31,883 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sullivan County: $234,800 ±$7,963
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.9% ±4.2% (234  ±166.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sullivan County: 8.7% † 6,807 (±1.2% / ±910.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.8% ±10.5% (2,750  ±383.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 87.7% 48,877 (±2.9% / ±1,651.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
35.5% ±7.2% (1,051  ±229.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 29.7% 16,553 (±1.9% / ±1,037.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

9.3% ±4.3% (371  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 11.2% 8,885
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.4% ±3.9% (266  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sullivan County: 6% † 3,713 (±0.6% / ±389)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
266 Total veterans ±124 246 Male ±112 20 Female ±30

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