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Bethel township, Perquimans County, NC

4,053 Population
42.7 square miles 95 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.7 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Perquimans County: 50.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,607 ±$4,797 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Perquimans County: $35,655 ±$2,194
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,528 ±$12,247 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Perquimans County: $67,917 † ±$7,998
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9% ±4.5% (363  ±187) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perquimans County: 9.8% † 1,300 (±2.6% / ±338)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±1.7 (31,995  ±8,823) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Perquimans County: 32 161,605 (±2.2 / ±16,588)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,811 ±187 Number of households
  • Perquimans County: 5,614 ±213
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,053  ±456) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Perquimans County: 2.3 13,146 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±8.1% (45  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Perquimans County: 3.7% † 91 (±2.6% / ±65)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,366 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Perquimans County: 6,967 ±24
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$303,100 ±$52,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Perquimans County: $231,700 ±$18,144
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.6% ±6.8% (585  ±279.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perquimans County: 12.7% † 1,669 (±3.1% / ±406.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±6% (3,004  ±355.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Perquimans County: 88.2% 8,777 (±6.1% / ±620.2)
  • about the same as 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)
25.2% ±5.5% (822  ±196.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perquimans County: 21.7% † 2,158 (±3% / ±302.9)
  • 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

3.1% ±1.7% (124  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Perquimans County: 2.2% 285
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14% ±3.5% (473  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perquimans County: 12.1% † 1,301 (±1.9% / ±205)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
473 Total veterans ±129 464 Male ±125 9 Female ±17

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