Bethel vs Mount Aetna

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

Bethel and Mount Aetna are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethel has the higher population (534 vs 509 in Mount Aetna). Since 2019, Mount Aetna's population has grown faster (+38.3% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
Population	534	509
Median age	29.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,375
Median home value	—	$326,500
Housing units	155	204
Homeownership rate	81.3%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
Population	586 → 534 (-8.9%)	368 → 509 (+38.3%)
Median household income	$49,188 → $55,469 (+12.8%)	$44,250 → $79,375 (+79.4%)
Median home value	$209,000 → $90,000 (-56.9%)	$157,500 → $326,500 (+107.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$955 → $1,114 (+16.6%)

Bethel

Population

586534

Median household income

$49,188$55,469

Median home value

$209,000$90,000

Mount Aetna

Population

368509

Median household income

$44,250$79,375

Median home value

$157,500$326,500

Median gross rent

$955$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
Under 5	6.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	33.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	31.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	5.9%
45 to 54	4.7%	32.8%
55 to 64	3.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	10.4%
75 and over	7.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	11.3%	27.1%
High school graduate	63.3%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	67.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	78.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	64.8%	4.5%
Average household size	3.45	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1953	1966