Bethania vs Rural Hall

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

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

Rural Hall has the higher population (3,421 vs 362 in Bethania). Bethania has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Bethania has the higher median home value ($251,700 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Bethania	Rural Hall
Population	362	3,421
Median age	58.1 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$50,665
Median home value	$251,700	$183,800
Median gross rent	$1,578	$995
Housing units	185	1,732
Homeownership rate	83.3%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethania	Rural Hall
Population	374 → 362 (-3.2%)	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $77,500 (+31.4%)	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $251,700 (+54.9%)	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,578 (+42.7%)	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)

Bethania

Population

374362

Median household income

$59,000$77,500

Median home value

$162,500$251,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,578

Rural Hall

Population

3,1883,421

Median household income

$48,700$50,665

Median home value

$124,300$183,800

Median gross rent

$800$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethania	Rural Hall
Under 5	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	18.0%	8.1%
75 and over	18.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethania	Rural Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	69.5%
Black or African American	19.9%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	5.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethania	Rural Hall
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethania	Rural Hall
Drove alone	70.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	14.7%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethania	Rural Hall
1-unit, detached	93.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethania	Rural Hall
Poverty rate	13.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1976	1979