Bethania vs Germanton

A side-by-side comparison of Bethania and Germanton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Germanton has the higher population (851 vs 362 in Bethania). Bethania has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $76,458 in Germanton). Bethania has the higher median home value ($251,700 vs $190,900 in Germanton).

Population, income & housing

	Bethania	Germanton
Population	362	851
Median age	58.1 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$76,458
Median home value	$251,700	$190,900
Median gross rent	$1,578	—
Housing units	185	437
Homeownership rate	83.3%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethania	Germanton
Population	374 → 362 (-3.2%)	955 → 851 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $77,500 (+31.4%)	$47,961 → $76,458 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $251,700 (+54.9%)	$115,900 → $190,900 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,578 (+42.7%)	—

Bethania

Population

374362

Median household income

$59,000$77,500

Median home value

$162,500$251,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,578

Germanton

Population

955851

Median household income

$47,961$76,458

Median home value

$115,900$190,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethania	Germanton
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	3.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	2.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	38.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	25.5%
75 and over	18.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethania	Germanton
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	19.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethania	Germanton
No high school diploma	11.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethania	Germanton
Drove alone	70.9%	56.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	36.4%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethania	Germanton
1-unit, detached	93.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethania	Germanton
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1976	1973