Bethlehem vs Hiddenite

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

Bethlehem and Hiddenite are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethlehem has the higher population (3,928 vs 237 in Hiddenite). Hiddenite has the higher median household income ($138,098 vs $78,963 in Bethlehem). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($290,600 vs $221,700 in Hiddenite).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
Population	3,928	237
Median age	52.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,963	$138,098
Median home value	$290,600	$221,700
Median gross rent	$737	—
Housing units	1,793	106
Homeownership rate	85.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
Population	4,227 → 3,928 (-7.1%)	266 → 237 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$69,044 → $78,963 (+14.4%)	$28,676 → $138,098 (+381.6%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $290,600 (+34.7%)	$113,600 → $221,700 (+95.2%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $737 (+3.4%)	—

Bethlehem

Population

4,2273,928

Median household income

$69,044$78,963

Median home value

$215,700$290,600

Median gross rent

$713$737

Hiddenite

Population

266237

Median household income

$28,676$138,098

Median home value

$113,600$221,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
Under 5	1.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	23.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	16.5%	19.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	0.0%
75 and over	10.5%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
No high school diploma	6.9%	26.3%
High school graduate	21.4%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
Drove alone	81.6%	63.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	36.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
1-unit, detached	85.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Hiddenite
Poverty rate	3.9%	37.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1991	1968