Bethel vs Winterville

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

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

Winterville has the higher population (10,624 vs 1,528 in Bethel). Winterville has the higher median household income ($82,783 vs $51,489 in Bethel). Winterville has the higher median home value ($226,600 vs $114,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Winterville
Population	1,528	10,624
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,489	$82,783
Median home value	$114,000	$226,600
Median gross rent	$733	$1,495
Housing units	848	4,630
Homeownership rate	66.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Winterville
Population	1,789 → 1,528 (-14.6%)	9,645 → 10,624 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$36,848 → $51,489 (+39.7%)	$74,527 → $82,783 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $114,000 (+17.8%)	$161,300 → $226,600 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $733 (+24.4%)	$903 → $1,495 (+65.6%)

Bethel

Population

1,7891,528

Median household income

$36,848$51,489

Median home value

$96,800$114,000

Median gross rent

$589$733

Winterville

Population

9,64510,624

Median household income

$74,527$82,783

Median home value

$161,300$226,600

Median gross rent

$903$1,495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Winterville
Under 5	2.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	12.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.2%
75 and over	7.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Winterville
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	55.4%
Black or African American	53.2%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Winterville
No high school diploma	13.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Winterville
Drove alone	91.9%	69.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Winterville
1-unit, detached	88.2%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Winterville
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1962	2001