Bethany vs Lovington

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

Bethany and Lovington 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 1,120 in Lovington). Lovington has the higher median household income ($54,394 vs $50,139 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $90,400 in Lovington).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Lovington
Population	1,253	1,120
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$54,394
Median home value	$101,700	$90,400
Median gross rent	$838	$748
Housing units	599	540
Homeownership rate	67.6%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Lovington
Population	1,251 → 1,253 (+0.2%)	1,202 → 1,120 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$46,938 → $50,139 (+6.8%)	$45,526 → $54,394 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,700 (+25.6%)	$73,300 → $90,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $838 (+32.0%)	$534 → $748 (+40.1%)

Bethany

Population

1,2511,253

Median household income

$46,938$50,139

Median home value

$81,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$635$838

Lovington

Population

1,2021,120

Median household income

$45,526$54,394

Median home value

$73,300$90,400

Median gross rent

$534$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Lovington
Under 5	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.7%
75 and over	8.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Lovington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Lovington
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	38.6%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Lovington
Drove alone	91.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.9%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Lovington
1-unit, detached	91.3%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Lovington
Poverty rate	18.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1960	1956