Bethel vs Farmville

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

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

Farmville has the higher population (4,493 vs 1,528 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($51,489 vs $50,870 in Farmville). Farmville has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $114,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Farmville
Population	1,528	4,493
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,489	$50,870
Median home value	$114,000	$184,900
Median gross rent	$733	$1,019
Housing units	848	2,238
Homeownership rate	66.7%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Farmville
Population	1,789 → 1,528 (-14.6%)	4,712 → 4,493 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$36,848 → $51,489 (+39.7%)	$43,083 → $50,870 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $114,000 (+17.8%)	$141,600 → $184,900 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $733 (+24.4%)	$712 → $1,019 (+43.1%)

Bethel

Population

1,7891,528

Median household income

$36,848$51,489

Median home value

$96,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$589$733

Farmville

Population

4,7124,493

Median household income

$43,083$50,870

Median home value

$141,600$184,900

Median gross rent

$712$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Farmville
Under 5	2.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	19.5%
75 and over	7.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Farmville
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	45.1%
Black or African American	53.2%	44.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Farmville
No high school diploma	13.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	38.1%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Farmville
Drove alone	91.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Farmville
1-unit, detached	88.2%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Farmville
Poverty rate	12.0%	27.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1962	1976