Bethel vs Dixfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Dixfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethel and Dixfield are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dixfield has the higher population (1,770 vs 546 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median home value ($357,100 vs $147,900 in Dixfield). Since 2019, Dixfield's population has grown faster (+31.6% vs -18.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Dixfield
Population	546	1,770
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,250
Median home value	$357,100	$147,900
Median gross rent	$864	$716
Housing units	518	704
Homeownership rate	51.7%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Dixfield
Population	667 → 546 (-18.1%)	1,345 → 1,770 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$31,742 → $32,321 (+1.8%)	$34,722 → $56,250 (+62.0%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $357,100 (+66.0%)	$89,400 → $147,900 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$286 → $864 (+202.1%)	$663 → $716 (+8.0%)

Bethel

Population

667546

Median household income

$31,742$32,321

Median home value

$215,100$357,100

Median gross rent

$286$864

Dixfield

Population

1,3451,770

Median household income

$34,722$56,250

Median home value

$89,400$147,900

Median gross rent

$663$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Dixfield
Under 5	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	3.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	22.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Dixfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Dixfield
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Dixfield
Drove alone	59.2%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Dixfield
1-unit, detached	40.5%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	20.1%	3.8%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Dixfield
Poverty rate	17.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	10	25
Median year structure built	1966	1960