Bethany vs Cedar Mill

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

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

Bethany has the higher population (31,700 vs 19,482 in Cedar Mill). Cedar Mill has the higher median household income ($167,037 vs $164,315 in Bethany). Cedar Mill has the higher median home value ($839,200 vs $699,200 in Bethany).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
Population	31,700	19,482
Median age	36.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$164,315	$167,037
Median home value	$699,200	$839,200
Median gross rent	$2,227	$1,780
Housing units	11,335	6,633
Homeownership rate	66.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
Population	26,501 → 31,700 (+19.6%)	17,659 → 19,482 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$135,800 → $164,315 (+21.0%)	$145,057 → $167,037 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$557,300 → $699,200 (+25.5%)	$598,500 → $839,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,682 → $2,227 (+32.4%)	$1,382 → $1,780 (+28.8%)

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

Cedar Mill

Population

17,65919,482

Median household income

$145,057$167,037

Median home value

$598,500$839,200

Median gross rent

$1,382$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
Under 5	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	19.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	16.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	4.3%	8.4%
75 and over	4.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	46.1%	64.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	40.2%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	9.4%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
Drove alone	56.5%	58.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.6%
Public transit	2.2%	2.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	34.0%	33.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
1-unit, detached	69.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	9.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Cedar Mill
Poverty rate	3.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	2003	1992