Bethany vs Gays

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

Bethany and Gays 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 173 in Gays). Gays has the higher median household income ($54,464 vs $50,139 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $95,000 in Gays).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Gays
Population	1,253	173
Median age	40.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$54,464
Median home value	$101,700	$95,000
Median gross rent	$838	$850
Housing units	599	77
Homeownership rate	67.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Gays
Population	1,251 → 1,253 (+0.2%)	227 → 173 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$46,938 → $50,139 (+6.8%)	$56,250 → $54,464 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,700 (+25.6%)	$72,500 → $95,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $838 (+32.0%)	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)

Bethany

Population

1,2511,253

Median household income

$46,938$50,139

Median home value

$81,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$635$838

Gays

Population

227173

Median household income

$56,250$54,464

Median home value

$72,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$650$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Gays
Under 5	5.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.4%
75 and over	8.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Gays
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Gays
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	38.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Gays
Drove alone	91.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	0.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Gays
1-unit, detached	91.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Gays
Poverty rate	18.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1960	1950