Bethania vs Tobaccoville

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

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

Tobaccoville has the higher population (2,632 vs 362 in Bethania). Tobaccoville has the higher median household income ($78,591 vs $77,500 in Bethania). Bethania has the higher median home value ($251,700 vs $227,200 in Tobaccoville).

Population, income & housing

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
Population	362	2,632
Median age	58.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$78,591
Median home value	$251,700	$227,200
Median gross rent	$1,578	$917
Housing units	185	1,149
Homeownership rate	83.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
Population	374 → 362 (-3.2%)	2,634 → 2,632 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $77,500 (+31.4%)	$67,500 → $78,591 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $251,700 (+54.9%)	$152,700 → $227,200 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,578 (+42.7%)	$639 → $917 (+43.5%)

Bethania

Population

374362

Median household income

$59,000$77,500

Median home value

$162,500$251,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,578

Tobaccoville

Population

2,6342,632

Median household income

$67,500$78,591

Median home value

$152,700$227,200

Median gross rent

$639$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
Under 5	3.3%	9.9%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	18.0%	13.8%
75 and over	18.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	71.1%
Black or African American	19.9%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	21.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
Drove alone	70.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	22.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
1-unit, detached	93.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Bethania	Tobaccoville
Poverty rate	13.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1976	1980