Bethany vs Sullivan

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

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

Sullivan has the higher population (4,253 vs 1,253 in Bethany). Sullivan has the higher median household income ($62,845 vs $50,139 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $95,600 in Sullivan).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Sullivan
Population	1,253	4,253
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$62,845
Median home value	$101,700	$95,600
Median gross rent	$838	$790
Housing units	599	1,895
Homeownership rate	67.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Sullivan
Population	1,251 → 1,253 (+0.2%)	4,475 → 4,253 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$46,938 → $50,139 (+6.8%)	$56,375 → $62,845 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,700 (+25.6%)	$92,500 → $95,600 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $838 (+32.0%)	$715 → $790 (+10.5%)

Bethany

Population

1,2511,253

Median household income

$46,938$50,139

Median home value

$81,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$635$838

Sullivan

Population

4,4754,253

Median household income

$56,375$62,845

Median home value

$92,500$95,600

Median gross rent

$715$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Sullivan
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Sullivan
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Sullivan
Drove alone	91.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Sullivan
1-unit, detached	91.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Sullivan
Poverty rate	18.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1960	1963