Bethel vs Williamsburg

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

Bethel and Williamsburg 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 2,598 in Williamsburg). Williamsburg has the higher median household income ($62,923 vs $42,961 in Bethel). Williamsburg has the higher median home value ($167,100 vs $142,700 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Williamsburg
Population	2,639	2,598
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,961	$62,923
Median home value	$142,700	$167,100
Median gross rent	$692	$799
Housing units	1,244	1,058
Homeownership rate	48.7%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Williamsburg
Population	2,783 → 2,639 (-5.2%)	2,550 → 2,598 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$38,179 → $42,961 (+12.5%)	$50,833 → $62,923 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $142,700 (+48.8%)	$123,000 → $167,100 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $692 (+10.0%)	$635 → $799 (+25.8%)

Bethel

Population

2,7832,639

Median household income

$38,179$42,961

Median home value

$95,900$142,700

Median gross rent

$629$692

Williamsburg

Population

2,5502,598

Median household income

$50,833$62,923

Median home value

$123,000$167,100

Median gross rent

$635$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Williamsburg
Under 5	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	15.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
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%	3.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	17.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	49.9%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Williamsburg
Drove alone	77.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	16.2%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	61.5%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	17.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	20.0%	16.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1960	1960