Bethel vs Centerville

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

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

Centerville has the higher population (3,915 vs 559 in Bethel). Centerville has the higher median household income ($119,361 vs $102,500 in Bethel). Centerville has the higher median home value ($364,700 vs $260,200 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Centerville
Population	559	3,915
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$102,500	$119,361
Median home value	$260,200	$364,700
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,453
Housing units	208	1,463
Homeownership rate	86.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Centerville
Population	500 → 559 (+11.8%)	3,985 → 3,915 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$77,125 → $102,500 (+32.9%)	$107,794 → $119,361 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $260,200 (+42.3%)	$263,500 → $364,700 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,018 (+2.6%)	$1,163 → $1,453 (+24.9%)

Bethel

Population

500559

Median household income

$77,125$102,500

Median home value

$182,800$260,200

Median gross rent

$992$1,018

Centerville

Population

3,9853,915

Median household income

$107,794$119,361

Median home value

$263,500$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Centerville
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	3.8%	8.5%
75 and over	2.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Centerville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Centerville
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Centerville
Drove alone	74.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	27.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Centerville
1-unit, detached	89.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Centerville
Poverty rate	3.6%	1.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1984	1993