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Bethel town, Sullivan County, NY

4,054 Population
85.3 square miles 47.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,099 ±$5,819 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sullivan County: $42,334 ±$1,923
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,048 ±$12,957 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sullivan County: $72,382 ±$5,140
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±5.7% (502  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 15.9% † 12,173 (±1.9% / ±1,428)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±5 (43,330  ±10,852) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 28.1 842,205 (±1.1 / ±45,827)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,700 ±173 Number of households
  • Sullivan County: 31,434 ±846
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,985  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sullivan County: 2.4 75,004 (±0.1 / ±374)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±2.1% (7  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 6.7% † 1,086 (±1.7% / ±279)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,706 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Sullivan County: 49,994 ±173
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,700 ±$41,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sullivan County: $249,000 ±$8,949
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±2.8% (154  ±113.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sullivan County: 9.2% † 7,237 (±1.1% / ±891.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±10% (2,725  ±366.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 87.9% 49,339 (±2.8% / ±1,591.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36% ±6.2% (1,040  ±199.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 30.1% 16,897 (±1.6% / ±923.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about the same as 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

10.7% ±4.2% (434  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 13% 10,335
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.3% (260  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sullivan County: 5.6% 3,484 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
260 Total veterans ±107 240 Male ±105 20 Female ±24

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