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Bethel School District, WA

126,677 Population
200.8 square miles 630.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pierce County: 37.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,288 ±$3,201 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pierce County: $46,278 ±$1,367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $52,011 ±$541
$109,619 ±$5,590 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pierce County: $98,174 ±$3,044
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $94,605 ±$1,221

6.2% ±2.1% (7,769  ±2,713) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pierce County: 9.8% 88,473 (±1% / ±8,627)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 10.4% 794,426 (±0.3% / ±26,113)

38 minutes ±2.7 (2,088,580  ±250,821) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pierce County: 31.3 12,516,515 (±0.7 / ±407,628)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Washington: 26.7 85,416,730 (±0.2 / ±973,110)

Families

44,953 ±3,133 Number of households
  • Pierce County: 356,066 ±2,763
  • Washington: 3,101,265 ±10,961
2.8 ±0.1 (125,635  ±9,764) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pierce County: 2.5 906,034 (±0 / ±275)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,659,849

6.9% ±2.8% (2,017  ±837) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pierce County: 5.1% † 11,412 (±0.8% / ±1,869)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 5.3% 97,347 (±0.3% / ±6,087)

Housing

47,839 ±3,190 Number of housing units
  • Pierce County: 375,752 ±134
  • Washington: 3,361,561 ±310

$483,700 ±$13,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pierce County: $538,000 ±$10,184
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $576,000 ±$3,882

11.9% ±3.2% (14,845  ±4,110.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pierce County: 14.6% 133,993 (±1.1% / ±10,164.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.2% 1,099,648 (±0.4% / ±28,225.1)

Social

91.5% ±8.9% (77,010  ±4,887) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pierce County: 92.2% 587,959 (±2% / ±12,918.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.4% 5,090,206 (±0.7% / ±36,316.2)
20.9% ±2.2% (17,556  ±2,273.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pierce County: 32% 203,772 (±1.1% / ±7,005.3)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 40.5% 2,229,338 (±0.4% / ±21,620.9)

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

6.5% ±1.4% (8,279  ±1,896) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pierce County: 11.1% 103,071
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.5% 1,213,933

15.9% ±2.1% (14,428  ±2,198) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pierce County: 11.5% 79,008 (±0.7% / ±4,835)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 7.6% 465,141 (±0.2% / ±9,288)
14,428 Total veterans ±2,198 12,673 Male ±1,948 1,755 Female ±772

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