Bethlehem Village vs Cheshire Village

A side-by-side comparison of Bethlehem Village and Cheshire Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethlehem Village and Cheshire Village are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cheshire Village has the higher population (6,049 vs 2,275 in Bethlehem Village). Cheshire Village has the higher median household income ($114,923 vs $107,838 in Bethlehem Village). Cheshire Village has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $360,300 in Bethlehem Village).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
Population	2,275	6,049
Median age	44.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,838	$114,923
Median home value	$360,300	$393,200
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,090
Housing units	973	2,731
Homeownership rate	68.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
Population	1,995 → 2,275 (+14.0%)	6,082 → 6,049 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$91,705 → $107,838 (+17.6%)	$91,528 → $114,923 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$321,000 → $360,300 (+12.2%)	$319,500 → $393,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,440 → $1,117 (-22.4%)	$960 → $1,090 (+13.5%)

Bethlehem Village

Population

1,9952,275

Median household income

$91,705$107,838

Median home value

$321,000$360,300

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,117

Cheshire Village

Population

6,0826,049

Median household income

$91,528$114,923

Median home value

$319,500$393,200

Median gross rent

$960$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
Under 5	1.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	21.4%	14.5%
75 and over	3.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
Drove alone	80.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	6.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
1-unit, detached	82.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem Village	Cheshire Village
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1973	1963