Bethel vs Clarence

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

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

Clarence has the higher population (894 vs 104 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $29,306 in Clarence). Clarence has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $55,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Clarence
Population	104	894
Median age	51.5 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$29,306
Median home value	$55,000	$73,800
Median gross rent	$475	$590
Housing units	71	476
Homeownership rate	68.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Clarence
Population	116 → 104 (-10.3%)	1,004 → 894 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $59,375 (+21.2%)	$33,155 → $29,306 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $55,000 (+10.0%)	$49,000 → $73,800 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $475 (-7.4%)	$397 → $590 (+48.6%)

Bethel

Population

116104

Median household income

$49,000$59,375

Median home value

$50,000$55,000

Median gross rent

$513$475

Clarence

Population

1,004894

Median household income

$33,155$29,306

Median home value

$49,000$73,800

Median gross rent

$397$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Clarence
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	2.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	21.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	24.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.4%
75 and over	8.7%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Clarence
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Clarence
No high school diploma	8.4%	16.6%
High school graduate	36.1%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Clarence
Drove alone	73.0%	91.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Clarence
1-unit, detached	83.1%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Clarence
Poverty rate	11.5%	32.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1963