Bethany vs Blythedale

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

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

Bethany has the higher population (3,164 vs 357 in Blythedale). Bethany has the higher median household income ($46,016 vs $36,818 in Blythedale). Bethany has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $24,800 in Blythedale).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Blythedale
Population	3,164	357
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,016	$36,818
Median home value	$119,700	$24,800
Median gross rent	$634	$811
Housing units	1,509	138
Homeownership rate	62.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Blythedale
Population	3,119 → 3,164 (+1.4%)	202 → 357 (+76.7%)
Median household income	$32,650 → $46,016 (+40.9%)	$37,083 → $36,818 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $119,700 (+58.8%)	$65,000 → $24,800 (-61.8%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $634 (+31.5%)	$339 → $811 (+139.2%)

Bethany

Population

3,1193,164

Median household income

$32,650$46,016

Median home value

$75,400$119,700

Median gross rent

$482$634

Blythedale

Population

202357

Median household income

$37,083$36,818

Median home value

$65,000$24,800

Median gross rent

$339$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Blythedale
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	26.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	21.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.0%
75 and over	11.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Blythedale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Blythedale
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	69.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Blythedale
Drove alone	74.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	1.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Blythedale
1-unit, detached	69.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Blythedale
Poverty rate	14.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.52	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1968	1966