Bethalto vs Highland

A side-by-side comparison of Bethalto and Highland: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethalto and Highland are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland has the higher population (10,268 vs 9,244 in Bethalto). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,886 vs $66,469 in Bethalto). Highland has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $158,600 in Bethalto).

Population, income & housing

	Bethalto	Highland
Population	9,244	10,268
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,469	$77,886
Median home value	$158,600	$185,800
Median gross rent	$879	$776
Housing units	4,584	5,025
Homeownership rate	79.2%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethalto	Highland
Population	9,284 → 9,244 (-0.4%)	10,012 → 10,268 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$63,200 → $66,469 (+5.2%)	$59,922 → $77,886 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $158,600 (+19.0%)	$152,100 → $185,800 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $879 (+9.5%)	$725 → $776 (+7.0%)

Bethalto

Population

9,2849,244

Median household income

$63,200$66,469

Median home value

$133,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$803$879

Highland

Population

10,01210,268

Median household income

$59,922$77,886

Median home value

$152,100$185,800

Median gross rent

$725$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethalto	Highland
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.4%
75 and over	11.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethalto	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethalto	Highland
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethalto	Highland
Drove alone	81.9%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethalto	Highland
1-unit, detached	78.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethalto	Highland
Poverty rate	11.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1976	1976