Bethel vs Day Heights

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

Bethel and Day Heights are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethel has the higher population (2,639 vs 2,556 in Day Heights). Day Heights has the higher median household income ($80,125 vs $42,961 in Bethel). Day Heights has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $142,700 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Day Heights
Population	2,639	2,556
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,961	$80,125
Median home value	$142,700	$241,100
Median gross rent	$692	$1,171
Housing units	1,244	1,095
Homeownership rate	48.7%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Day Heights
Population	2,783 → 2,639 (-5.2%)	2,978 → 2,556 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$38,179 → $42,961 (+12.5%)	$72,195 → $80,125 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $142,700 (+48.8%)	$161,400 → $241,100 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $692 (+10.0%)	$1,313 → $1,171 (-10.8%)

Bethel

Population

2,7832,639

Median household income

$38,179$42,961

Median home value

$95,900$142,700

Median gross rent

$629$692

Day Heights

Population

2,9782,556

Median household income

$72,195$80,125

Median home value

$161,400$241,100

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,171

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Day Heights
Under 5	7.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	17.1%
75 and over	6.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Day Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Day Heights
No high school diploma	17.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	49.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Day Heights
Drove alone	77.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	16.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Day Heights
1-unit, detached	61.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Day Heights
Poverty rate	20.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1960	1966