Bethania vs Walkertown

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

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

Walkertown has the higher population (5,793 vs 362 in Bethania). Walkertown has the higher median household income ($80,761 vs $77,500 in Bethania). Bethania has the higher median home value ($251,700 vs $230,800 in Walkertown).

Population, income & housing

	Bethania	Walkertown
Population	362	5,793
Median age	58.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$80,761
Median home value	$251,700	$230,800
Median gross rent	$1,578	$1,283
Housing units	185	2,572
Homeownership rate	83.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethania	Walkertown
Population	374 → 362 (-3.2%)	5,099 → 5,793 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $77,500 (+31.4%)	$41,952 → $80,761 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $251,700 (+54.9%)	$137,700 → $230,800 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,578 (+42.7%)	$756 → $1,283 (+69.7%)

Bethania

Population

374362

Median household income

$59,000$77,500

Median home value

$162,500$251,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,578

Walkertown

Population

5,0995,793

Median household income

$41,952$80,761

Median home value

$137,700$230,800

Median gross rent

$756$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethania	Walkertown
Under 5	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	10.4%
75 and over	18.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethania	Walkertown
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	74.1%
Black or African American	19.9%	15.9%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethania	Walkertown
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethania	Walkertown
Drove alone	70.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	12.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethania	Walkertown
1-unit, detached	93.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethania	Walkertown
Poverty rate	13.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1976	1993