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Bethany township, Iredell County, NC

8,154 Population
26.6 square miles 306.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iredell County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,959 ±$4,907 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iredell County: $45,398 ±$1,552
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,757 ±$16,718 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iredell County: $81,419 ±$2,620
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±6.1% (1,112  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iredell County: 10% † 19,518 (±1% / ±1,989)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±1.9 (81,910  ±12,076) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Iredell County: 25.1 2,050,125 (±0.4 / ±59,982)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,212 ±443 Number of households
  • Iredell County: 76,344 ±724
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (8,122  ±1,084) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iredell County: 2.6 194,970 (±0 / ±313)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±8.2% (136  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Iredell County: 6.8% † 3,028 (±1.2% / ±510)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,499 ±433 Number of housing units
  • Iredell County: 84,199 ±188
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$251,400 ±$27,303 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iredell County: $321,400 ±$9,512
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±7.1% (973  ±578.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Iredell County: 11.8% 22,925 (±1% / ±1,882.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±16.3% (5,028  ±596.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iredell County: 91.6% 125,677 (±2% / ±2,693.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.6% ±3.4% (1,280  ±246.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iredell County: 34.1% 46,827 (±1.2% / ±1,681.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds of 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

6.5% ±3.4% (531  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iredell County: 7.2% 14,055
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±2% (468  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iredell County: 6.5% 9,848 (±0.5% / ±735)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
468 Total veterans ±132 392 Male ±103 76 Female ±70

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