Bethel vs Greenwich

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Greenwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwich has the higher population (14,528 vs 11,606 in Bethel). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($136,154 vs $88,344 in Bethel). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,486,100 vs $377,500 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Greenwich
Population	11,606	14,528
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,344	$136,154
Median home value	$377,500	$1,486,100
Median gross rent	$1,471	$2,121
Housing units	4,972	6,684
Homeownership rate	69.2%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Greenwich
Population	10,012 → 11,606 (+15.9%)	13,287 → 14,528 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$73,393 → $88,344 (+20.4%)	$109,500 → $136,154 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$295,600 → $377,500 (+27.7%)	$1,128,800 → $1,486,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,471 (+16.8%)	$1,803 → $2,121 (+17.6%)

Bethel

Population

10,01211,606

Median household income

$73,393$88,344

Median home value

$295,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,471

Greenwich

Population

13,28714,528

Median household income

$109,500$136,154

Median home value

$1,128,800$1,486,100

Median gross rent

$1,803$2,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Greenwich
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.2%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	62.7%
Black or African American	10.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	3.7%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Greenwich
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Greenwich
Drove alone	75.6%	48.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.1%
Public transit	1.8%	15.3%
Walked	0.5%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	20.5%
Other means	3.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Greenwich
1-unit, detached	48.8%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	11.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	20.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Greenwich
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1975	1955