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Bethany, MO

3,080 Population
4.4 square miles 693.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Harrison County: 41.8 ±1.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,944 ±$3,195 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Harrison County: $27,238 ±$2,034
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,375 ±$12,288 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Harrison County: $54,367 ±$4,510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.1% ±5.1% (491  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 19.6% † 1,559 (±3.7% / ±298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±5.4 (20,100  ±6,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Harrison County: 22.9 69,715 (±2.1 / ±8,474)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,242 ±110 Number of households
  • Harrison County: 3,195 ±142
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,913  ±91) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Harrison County: 2.5 8,020 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.6% ±11.1% (97  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Harrison County: 9.6% † 152 (±4.5% / ±71)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,499 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Harrison County: 4,008 ±25
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,700 ±$30,686 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harrison County: $109,500 ±$8,784
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.5% ±10.3% (677  ±312.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Harrison County: 11.2% † 901 (±3.9% / ±316)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±10.3% (1,962  ±260.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harrison County: 90.5% 5,066 (±5.3% / ±297.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±5.1% (378  ±112.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Harrison County: 15.7% † 878 (±2.5% / ±137.9)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

1% ±0.9% (32  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Harrison County: 2.1% 170
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±2.4% (98  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Harrison County: 5.4% † 332 (±1% / ±61)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
98 Total veterans ±56 98 Male ±56 N/A Female ±12

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