Bethel vs Grifton

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

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

Grifton has the higher population (2,661 vs 1,528 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($51,489 vs $36,664 in Grifton). Grifton has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $114,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Grifton
Population	1,528	2,661
Median age	40.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,489	$36,664
Median home value	$114,000	$122,100
Median gross rent	$733	—
Housing units	848	1,356
Homeownership rate	66.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Grifton
Population	1,789 → 1,528 (-14.6%)	2,732 → 2,661 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$36,848 → $51,489 (+39.7%)	$31,505 → $36,664 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $114,000 (+17.8%)	$83,800 → $122,100 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $733 (+24.4%)	$607 → $650 (+7.1%)

Bethel

Population

1,7891,528

Median household income

$36,848$51,489

Median home value

$96,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$589$733

Grifton

Population

2,7322,661

Median household income

$31,505$36,664

Median home value

$83,800$122,100

Median gross rent

$607$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Grifton
Under 5	2.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	17.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	5.3%
75 and over	7.5%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Grifton
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	36.4%
Black or African American	53.2%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Grifton
No high school diploma	13.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Grifton
Drove alone	91.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Grifton
1-unit, detached	88.2%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Grifton
Poverty rate	12.0%	31.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1962	1973