Bethel vs Greenville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (88,540 vs 1,528 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($51,489 vs $50,564 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $114,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Greenville
Population	1,528	88,540
Median age	40.9 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,489	$50,564
Median home value	$114,000	$213,100
Median gross rent	$733	$983
Housing units	848	44,334
Homeownership rate	66.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Greenville
Population	1,789 → 1,528 (-14.6%)	91,921 → 88,540 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$36,848 → $51,489 (+39.7%)	$40,875 → $50,564 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $114,000 (+17.8%)	$161,200 → $213,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $733 (+24.4%)	$819 → $983 (+20.0%)

Bethel

Population

1,7891,528

Median household income

$36,848$51,489

Median home value

$96,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$589$733

Greenville

Population

91,92188,540

Median household income

$40,875$50,564

Median home value

$161,200$213,100

Median gross rent

$819$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Greenville
Under 5	2.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	25.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.8%
75 and over	7.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	53.2%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Greenville
No high school diploma	13.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Greenville
Drove alone	91.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.4%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Greenville
1-unit, detached	88.2%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	30.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Greenville
Poverty rate	12.0%	24.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1962	1995