Bethel vs Hilltop

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

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

Hilltop has the higher population (1,056 vs 559 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($102,500 vs $47,708 in Hilltop). Bethel has the higher median home value ($260,200 vs $24,600 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Hilltop
Population	559	1,056
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,500	$47,708
Median home value	$260,200	$24,600
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,092
Housing units	208	412
Homeownership rate	86.5%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Hilltop
Population	500 → 559 (+11.8%)	1,049 → 1,056 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$77,125 → $102,500 (+32.9%)	$36,023 → $47,708 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $260,200 (+42.3%)	$18,800 → $24,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,018 (+2.6%)	$768 → $1,092 (+42.2%)

Bethel

Population

500559

Median household income

$77,125$102,500

Median home value

$182,800$260,200

Median gross rent

$992$1,018

Hilltop

Population

1,0491,056

Median household income

$36,023$47,708

Median home value

$18,800$24,600

Median gross rent

$768$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Hilltop
Under 5	5.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	3.8%	7.9%
75 and over	2.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Hilltop
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	21.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Hilltop
No high school diploma	3.7%	34.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Hilltop
Drove alone	74.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Hilltop
1-unit, detached	89.9%	3.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	62.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Hilltop
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1984	1971