Bethlehem vs Enfield

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

Bethlehem and Enfield are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Enfield has the higher population (1,917 vs 1,097 in Bethlehem). Enfield has the higher median household income ($78,583 vs $65,556 in Bethlehem). Enfield has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $243,000 in Bethlehem).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Enfield
Population	1,097	1,917
Median age	45.7 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,556	$78,583
Median home value	$243,000	$274,500
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,486
Housing units	505	1,048
Homeownership rate	69.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Enfield
Population	1,057 → 1,097 (+3.8%)	1,830 → 1,917 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,556 (+31.1%)	$47,005 → $78,583 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$147,400 → $243,000 (+64.9%)	$187,200 → $274,500 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,066 (+30.2%)	$1,263 → $1,486 (+17.7%)

Bethlehem

Population

1,0571,097

Median household income

$50,000$65,556

Median home value

$147,400$243,000

Median gross rent

$819$1,066

Enfield

Population

1,8301,917

Median household income

$47,005$78,583

Median home value

$187,200$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Enfield
Under 5	4.1%	11.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	25.8%	3.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	32.0%
75 and over	5.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Enfield
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Enfield
No high school diploma	0.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	18.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Enfield
Drove alone	41.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	17.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.3%	11.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Enfield
1-unit, detached	68.9%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	24.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	13.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Enfield
Poverty rate	12.4%	22.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1968	1981