Bethlehem vs Lincoln

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

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

Bethlehem has the higher population (1,097 vs 938 in Lincoln). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($65,556 vs $56,406 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $243,000 in Bethlehem).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
Population	1,097	938
Median age	45.7 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,556	$56,406
Median home value	$243,000	$283,500
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,025
Housing units	505	1,196
Homeownership rate	69.7%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
Population	1,057 → 1,097 (+3.8%)	712 → 938 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,556 (+31.1%)	$53,229 → $56,406 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$147,400 → $243,000 (+64.9%)	$222,500 → $283,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,066 (+30.2%)	$887 → $1,025 (+15.6%)

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

Lincoln

Population

712938

Median household income

$53,229$56,406

Median home value

$222,500$283,500

Median gross rent

$887$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
Under 5	4.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	25.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	22.2%
75 and over	5.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
No high school diploma	0.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	18.2%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
Drove alone	41.8%	40.1%
Carpooled	17.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	39.3%	17.5%
Other means	0.7%	12.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	68.9%	27.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Lincoln
Poverty rate	12.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1968	1985