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Bethel, AK

6,312 Population
44.5 square miles 141.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bethel Census Area: 28.7 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.3 ±0.1

Economics

$37,790 ±$3,729 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Bethel Census Area: $25,859 † ±$4,478
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $42,828 ±$523
$100,852 ±$8,177 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Bethel Census Area: $64,094 † ±$6,460
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $86,370 ±$1,083

12.6% ±4.4% (755  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bethel Census Area: 25.3% 4,586 (±2.1% / ±376)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,227 (±0.5% / ±3,390)

9.2 minutes ±0.7 (22,690  ±3,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Bethel Census Area: 7.1 43,065 (±0.4 / ±3,352)
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 19.3 6,227,605 (±0.3 / ±101,906)

Families

1,937 ±126 Number of households
  • Bethel Census Area: 4,565 ±116
  • Alaska: 264,376 ±1,393
3 ±0.2 (5,838  ±93) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bethel Census Area: 3.8 17,416 (±0.1 / ±93)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 2.7 704,874

9.2% ±3.9% (135  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bethel Census Area: 8.5% † 347 (±1.7% / ±71)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 6.2% 10,454 (±0.4% / ±619)

Housing

2,451 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Bethel Census Area: 6,003 ±51
  • Alaska: 326,188 ±564

$340,100 ±$39,657 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Bethel Census Area: $120,600 † ±$22,547
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $318,000 ±$3,343

18.7% ±4.9% (1,167  ±,306.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Bethel Census Area: 9.2% † 1,660 (±1.8% / ±,333.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 15.4% 111,404 (±0.5% / ±3,672.6)

Social

90.2% ±9.9% (3,300  ±,391.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bethel Census Area: 82.7% 8,364 (±5.1% / ±,523.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 454,182 (±1% / ±4,688.8)
19.3% ±5% (707  ±,184.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Bethel Census Area: 9.7% † 980 (±1.9% / ±,193.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 30.8% 149,397 (±0.6% / ±2,881.6)

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

6.1% ±1.5% (386  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Bethel Census Area: 2.3% 417
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 58,074

5.7% ±4.5% (250  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bethel Census Area: 5.8% † 697 (±1.8% / ±216)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 11.5% 61,251 (±0.3% / ±1,756)
250 Total veterans ±198 226 Male ±201 24 Female ±32

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