Bethlehem vs Woodsville

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

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

Woodsville has the higher population (1,387 vs 1,097 in Bethlehem). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($65,556 vs $56,610 in Woodsville). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($243,000 vs $200,000 in Woodsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
Population	1,097	1,387
Median age	45.7 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,556	$56,610
Median home value	$243,000	$200,000
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,088
Housing units	505	747
Homeownership rate	69.7%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
Population	1,057 → 1,097 (+3.8%)	851 → 1,387 (+63.0%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,556 (+31.1%)	$54,375 → $56,610 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$147,400 → $243,000 (+64.9%)	$107,100 → $200,000 (+86.7%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,066 (+30.2%)	$945 → $1,088 (+15.1%)

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

Woodsville

Population

8511,387

Median household income

$54,375$56,610

Median home value

$107,100$200,000

Median gross rent

$945$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
Under 5	4.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	25.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	4.5%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
No high school diploma	0.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
Drove alone	41.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	17.3%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
1-unit, detached	68.9%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	3.2%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Woodsville
Poverty rate	12.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	44
Median year structure built	1968	1938