Distant vs New Bethlehem

A side-by-side comparison of Distant and New Bethlehem: population, income, housing, and more.

Distant and New Bethlehem are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Bethlehem has the higher population (909 vs 611 in Distant). Distant has the higher median household income ($71,094 vs $39,632 in New Bethlehem). New Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $111,800 in Distant).

Population, income & housing

	Distant	New Bethlehem
Population	611	909
Median age	35.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,094	$39,632
Median home value	$111,800	$144,700
Median gross rent	$726	$635
Housing units	273	499
Homeownership rate	68.5%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Distant	New Bethlehem
Population	—	888 → 909 (+2.4%)
Median household income	—	$32,500 → $39,632 (+21.9%)
Median home value	—	$85,100 → $144,700 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$514 → $635 (+23.5%)

Distant

New Bethlehem

Population

888909

Median household income

$32,500$39,632

Median home value

$85,100$144,700

Median gross rent

$514$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Distant	New Bethlehem
Under 5	4.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	21.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.0%
75 and over	10.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Distant	New Bethlehem
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Distant	New Bethlehem
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	45.7%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Distant	New Bethlehem
Drove alone	80.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	16.8%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Distant	New Bethlehem
1-unit, detached	95.2%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Distant	New Bethlehem
Poverty rate	16.5%	22.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1950	1945