Ayden vs Bethel

A side-by-side comparison of Ayden and Bethel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ayden has the higher population (5,035 vs 1,528 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($51,489 vs $41,711 in Ayden). Ayden has the higher median home value ($161,200 vs $114,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Ayden	Bethel
Population	5,035	1,528
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,711	$51,489
Median home value	$161,200	$114,000
Median gross rent	$774	$733
Housing units	2,734	848
Homeownership rate	54.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayden	Bethel
Population	5,132 → 5,035 (-1.9%)	1,789 → 1,528 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$38,919 → $41,711 (+7.2%)	$36,848 → $51,489 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $161,200 (+37.3%)	$96,800 → $114,000 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $774 (+28.8%)	$589 → $733 (+24.4%)

Ayden

Population

5,1325,035

Median household income

$38,919$41,711

Median home value

$117,400$161,200

Median gross rent

$601$774

Bethel

Population

1,7891,528

Median household income

$36,848$51,489

Median home value

$96,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$589$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayden	Bethel
Under 5	3.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.5%
75 and over	12.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayden	Bethel
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	38.4%
Black or African American	35.0%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayden	Bethel
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayden	Bethel
Drove alone	91.3%	91.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayden	Bethel
1-unit, detached	68.4%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Ayden	Bethel
Poverty rate	21.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1974	1962