Bethany vs Gilman City

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

Bethany and Gilman City 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 355 in Gilman City). Gilman City has the higher median household income ($52,875 vs $46,016 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $73,800 in Gilman City).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Gilman City
Population	3,164	355
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,016	$52,875
Median home value	$119,700	$73,800
Median gross rent	$634	$754
Housing units	1,509	168
Homeownership rate	62.3%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Gilman City
Population	3,119 → 3,164 (+1.4%)	386 → 355 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$32,650 → $46,016 (+40.9%)	$41,406 → $52,875 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $119,700 (+58.8%)	$53,500 → $73,800 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $634 (+31.5%)	$532 → $754 (+41.7%)

Bethany

Population

3,1193,164

Median household income

$32,650$46,016

Median home value

$75,400$119,700

Median gross rent

$482$634

Gilman City

Population

386355

Median household income

$41,406$52,875

Median home value

$53,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$532$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Gilman City
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.5%
75 and over	11.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Gilman City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	83.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Gilman City
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Gilman City
Drove alone	74.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	2.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Gilman City
1-unit, detached	69.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Gilman City
Poverty rate	14.5%	18.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1968	1958