Bethlehem vs Stony Point

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

Bethlehem and Stony Point 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 1,301 in Stony Point). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($78,963 vs $70,846 in Stony Point). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($290,600 vs $169,200 in Stony Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
Population	3,928	1,301
Median age	52.3 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,963	$70,846
Median home value	$290,600	$169,200
Median gross rent	$737	—
Housing units	1,793	671
Homeownership rate	85.8%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
Population	4,227 → 3,928 (-7.1%)	1,527 → 1,301 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$69,044 → $78,963 (+14.4%)	$38,333 → $70,846 (+84.8%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $290,600 (+34.7%)	$122,700 → $169,200 (+37.9%)
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

Stony Point

Population

1,5271,301

Median household income

$38,333$70,846

Median home value

$122,700$169,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
Under 5	1.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	3.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	7.4%
75 and over	10.5%	26.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	78.4%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	21.4%	67.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
Drove alone	81.6%	90.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	3.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
1-unit, detached	85.7%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.6%
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%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Stony Point
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1991	1963