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Bethel School District, CT

20,498 Population
17 square miles 1,208.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,407 ±$5,399 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $79,648 ±$1,324
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$115,135 ±$9,778 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $124,553 ±$2,356
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

4.3% ±1.4% (870  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.4% 45,372 (±0.6% / ±3,356)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

31.3 minutes ±2.6 (290,560  ±31,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 31 7,948,655 (±0.4 / ±149,396)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

7,538 ±414 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 232,279 ±1,002
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.7 ±0.2 (20,282  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 613,989 (±0 / ±95)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

6.5% ±3.5% (285  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% 6,471 (±0.5% / ±632)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

7,907 ±393 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 250,108 ±126
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$426,500 ±$15,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $625,400 ±$8,022
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

7.6% ±2.2% (1,531  ±451.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 70,303 (±0.6% / ±3,463.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

91.1% ±4.6% (12,885  ±802.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 397,467 (±1.1% / ±4,656.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
44.6% ±3.2% (6,308  ±504.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.1% 238,638 (±0.8% / ±3,385.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

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

21% ±3.1% (4,299  ±644) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.7% 147,062
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

4% ±0.9% (643  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.4% 16,370 (±0.2% / ±851)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
643 Total veterans ±142 633 Male ±141 10 Female ±15

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