Beaverton vs Bethany

A side-by-side comparison of Beaverton and Bethany: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaverton and Bethany are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaverton has the higher population (97,502 vs 31,700 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median household income ($164,315 vs $94,279 in Beaverton). Bethany has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $543,100 in Beaverton).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverton	Bethany
Population	97,502	31,700
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,279	$164,315
Median home value	$543,100	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,727	$2,227
Housing units	43,195	11,335
Homeownership rate	49.8%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverton	Bethany
Population	97,861 → 97,502 (-0.4%)	26,501 → 31,700 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$71,806 → $94,279 (+31.3%)	$135,800 → $164,315 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$376,500 → $543,100 (+44.2%)	$557,300 → $699,200 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,727 (+29.1%)	$1,682 → $2,227 (+32.4%)

Beaverton

Population

97,86197,502

Median household income

$71,806$94,279

Median home value

$376,500$543,100

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,727

Bethany

Population

26,50131,700

Median household income

$135,800$164,315

Median home value

$557,300$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,682$2,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverton	Bethany
Under 5	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	4.3%
75 and over	6.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverton	Bethany
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	46.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	11.2%	40.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverton	Bethany
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	15.5%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverton	Bethany
Drove alone	61.2%	56.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.4%
Public transit	5.3%	2.2%
Walked	2.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.9%	34.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverton	Bethany
1-unit, detached	41.9%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	14.6%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaverton	Bethany
Poverty rate	9.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1987	2003