Bethesda vs Salado

A side-by-side comparison of Bethesda and Salado: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethesda and Salado are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salado has the higher population (443 vs 136 in Bethesda). Bethesda has the higher median household income ($85,500 vs $36,789 in Salado). Since 2019, Bethesda's population has grown faster (-26.5% vs -37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethesda	Salado
Population	136	443
Median age	39.9 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,500	$36,789
Housing units	42	197
Homeownership rate	100.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethesda	Salado
Population	185 → 136 (-26.5%)	709 → 443 (-37.5%)
Median household income	—	$32,778 → $36,789 (+12.2%)
Median home value	—	$65,000 → $80,500 (+23.8%)

Bethesda

Population

185136

Salado

Population

709443

Median household income

$32,778$36,789

Median home value

$65,000$80,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethesda	Salado
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	47.9%
18 to 24	20.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	31.4%
35 to 44	22.8%	2.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	4.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	3.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethesda	Salado
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethesda	Salado
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.5%
High school graduate	100.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethesda	Salado
Drove alone	87.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethesda	Salado
1-unit, detached	23.8%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.2%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethesda	Salado
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.24	4.66
Median year structure built	2008	1983