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Bethel, AK

6,313 Population
44.5 square miles 141.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bethel Census Area: 28.7 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,617 ±$6,063 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bethel Census Area: $24,976 † ±$2,705
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$109,718 ±$10,439 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Bethel Census Area: $70,616 ±$4,453
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

12.8% ±5% (766  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bethel Census Area: 24% † 4,351 (±2.9% / ±521)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

9.9 minutes ±1 (24,770  ±4,652) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Bethel Census Area: 7.4 44,315 (±0.5 / ±4,141)
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

1,985 ±122 Number of households
  • Bethel Census Area: 4,661 ±97
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
3 ±0.2 (5,857  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bethel Census Area: 3.8 17,479 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

11.3% ±5% (160  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bethel Census Area: 8.8% † 361 (±3% / ±123)
  • about double the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

2,484 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Bethel Census Area: 6,009 ±39
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$354,400 ±$26,073 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Bethel Census Area: $120,600 † ±$20,908
  • a little higher than the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

21.5% ±5.7% (1,338  ±,357.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Bethel Census Area: 10.8% † 1,953 (±2.2% / ±,392.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

88.4% ±10.2% (3,370  ±,429.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bethel Census Area: 81.9% 8,341 (±6.3% / ±,644.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
20.1% ±6.9% (767  ±,265.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Bethel Census Area: 10.4% † 1,058 (±2.8% / ±,284.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

5% ±1.4% (313  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Bethel Census Area: 2% 373
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

7.2% ±3.5% (321  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bethel Census Area: 6% † 725 (±1.5% / ±182)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
321 Total veterans ±155 301 Male ±156 20 Female ±30

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