Bethel vs Riverside

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

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

Bethel has the higher population (11,606 vs 9,216 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $88,344 in Bethel). Riverside has the higher median home value ($1,824,700 vs $377,500 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Riverside
Population	11,606	9,216
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,344	$250,001
Median home value	$377,500	$1,824,700
Median gross rent	$1,471	$2,419
Housing units	4,972	3,141
Homeownership rate	69.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	78.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Riverside
Population	10,012 → 11,606 (+15.9%)	8,604 → 9,216 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$73,393 → $88,344 (+20.4%)	$215,791 → $250,001 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$295,600 → $377,500 (+27.7%)	$1,383,800 → $1,824,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,471 (+16.8%)	$2,168 → $2,419 (+11.6%)

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

Riverside

Population

8,6049,216

Median household income

$215,791$250,001

Median home value

$1,383,800$1,824,700

Median gross rent

$2,168$2,419

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Riverside
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	61.2%
Black or African American	10.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.9%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Riverside
No high school diploma	11.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	41.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Riverside
Drove alone	75.6%	41.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.3%
Public transit	1.8%	16.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	30.6%
Other means	3.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Riverside
1-unit, detached	48.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Riverside
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.45	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1975	1963