Bethlehem vs Taylorsville

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

Bethlehem and Taylorsville 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 2,386 in Taylorsville). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($78,963 vs $48,542 in Taylorsville). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($290,600 vs $210,300 in Taylorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
Population	3,928	2,386
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,963	$48,542
Median home value	$290,600	$210,300
Median gross rent	$737	$629
Housing units	1,793	1,071
Homeownership rate	85.8%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
Population	4,227 → 3,928 (-7.1%)	2,361 → 2,386 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$69,044 → $78,963 (+14.4%)	$31,563 → $48,542 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $290,600 (+34.7%)	$118,300 → $210,300 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $737 (+3.4%)	$658 → $629 (-4.4%)

Bethlehem

Population

4,2273,928

Median household income

$69,044$78,963

Median home value

$215,700$290,600

Median gross rent

$713$737

Taylorsville

Population

2,3612,386

Median household income

$31,563$48,542

Median home value

$118,300$210,300

Median gross rent

$658$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
Under 5	1.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	16.8%
75 and over	10.5%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	6.9%	17.2%
High school graduate	21.4%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
Drove alone	81.6%	86.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	1.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	85.7%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	3.9%	27.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1991	1978