Bethel vs New Richmond

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

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

New Richmond has the higher population (2,750 vs 2,639 in Bethel). New Richmond has the higher median household income ($79,195 vs $42,961 in Bethel). New Richmond has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $142,700 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	New Richmond
Population	2,639	2,750
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,961	$79,195
Median home value	$142,700	$221,100
Median gross rent	$692	$834
Housing units	1,244	1,103
Homeownership rate	48.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	New Richmond
Population	2,783 → 2,639 (-5.2%)	2,679 → 2,750 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$38,179 → $42,961 (+12.5%)	$62,569 → $79,195 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $142,700 (+48.8%)	$161,900 → $221,100 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $692 (+10.0%)	$702 → $834 (+18.8%)

Bethel

Population

2,7832,639

Median household income

$38,179$42,961

Median home value

$95,900$142,700

Median gross rent

$629$692

New Richmond

Population

2,6792,750

Median household income

$62,569$79,195

Median home value

$161,900$221,100

Median gross rent

$702$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	New Richmond
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.1%
75 and over	6.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	New Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	New Richmond
No high school diploma	17.6%	13.2%
High school graduate	49.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	New Richmond
Drove alone	77.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	16.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	New Richmond
1-unit, detached	61.5%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	New Richmond
Poverty rate	20.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1960	1979