Bethany vs Dalton City

A side-by-side comparison of Bethany and Dalton City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethany has the higher population (1,253 vs 686 in Dalton City). Dalton City has the higher median household income ($69,231 vs $50,139 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $99,200 in Dalton City).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Dalton City
Population	1,253	686
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$69,231
Median home value	$101,700	$99,200
Median gross rent	$838	$640
Housing units	599	330
Homeownership rate	67.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Dalton City
Population	1,251 → 1,253 (+0.2%)	434 → 686 (+58.1%)
Median household income	$46,938 → $50,139 (+6.8%)	$62,292 → $69,231 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,700 (+25.6%)	$93,500 → $99,200 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $838 (+32.0%)	$529 → $640 (+21.0%)

Bethany

Population

1,2511,253

Median household income

$46,938$50,139

Median home value

$81,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$635$838

Dalton City

Population

434686

Median household income

$62,292$69,231

Median home value

$93,500$99,200

Median gross rent

$529$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Dalton City
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.4%
75 and over	8.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Dalton City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
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	1.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Dalton City
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Dalton City
Drove alone	91.1%	91.8%
Carpooled	0.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Dalton City
1-unit, detached	91.3%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Dalton City
Poverty rate	18.0%	23.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1960	1956