Bethel vs Grimesland

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

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

Bethel has the higher population (1,528 vs 428 in Grimesland). Bethel has the higher median household income ($51,489 vs $35,417 in Grimesland). Grimesland has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $114,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Grimesland
Population	1,528	428
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,489	$35,417
Median home value	$114,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$733	$1,000
Housing units	848	210
Homeownership rate	66.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Grimesland
Population	1,789 → 1,528 (-14.6%)	454 → 428 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$36,848 → $51,489 (+39.7%)	$46,094 → $35,417 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $114,000 (+17.8%)	$64,200 → $162,500 (+153.1%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $733 (+24.4%)	$694 → $1,000 (+44.1%)

Bethel

Population

1,7891,528

Median household income

$36,848$51,489

Median home value

$96,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$589$733

Grimesland

Population

454428

Median household income

$46,094$35,417

Median home value

$64,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Grimesland
Under 5	2.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	7.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	15.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Grimesland
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	53.7%
Black or African American	53.2%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Grimesland
No high school diploma	13.2%	13.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Grimesland
Drove alone	91.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Grimesland
1-unit, detached	88.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Grimesland
Poverty rate	12.0%	27.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1962	1977