Bethlehem vs Holly Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bethlehem and Holly Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethlehem and Holly Springs are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holly Springs has the higher population (6,861 vs 218 in Bethlehem). Since 2019, Holly Springs's population has grown faster (-11.3% vs -37.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
Population	218	6,861
Median age	11.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,344
Median home value	—	$110,900
Median gross rent	—	$754
Housing units	213	2,686
Homeownership rate	48.1%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
Population	351 → 218 (-37.9%)	7,737 → 6,861 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$18,365 → $21,250 (+15.7%)	$27,190 → $47,344 (+74.1%)
Median home value	—	$85,200 → $110,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $754 (+11.9%)

Bethlehem

Population

351218

Median household income

$18,365$21,250

Holly Springs

Population

7,7376,861

Median household income

$27,190$47,344

Median home value

$85,200$110,900

Median gross rent

$674$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
Under 5	48.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	3.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	28.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	4.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	3.7%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	25.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	70.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	59.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	67.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
Drove alone	78.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	21.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	76.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	79.8%	24.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	2003	1977