New Bethlehem vs Rimersburg

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

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

Rimersburg has the higher population (1,079 vs 909 in New Bethlehem). Rimersburg has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $39,632 in New Bethlehem). New Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $85,000 in Rimersburg).

Population, income & housing

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
Population	909	1,079
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,632	$57,250
Median home value	$144,700	$85,000
Median gross rent	$635	$669
Housing units	499	416
Homeownership rate	51.3%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
Population	888 → 909 (+2.4%)	899 → 1,079 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $39,632 (+21.9%)	$30,667 → $57,250 (+86.7%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $144,700 (+70.0%)	$91,000 → $85,000 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $635 (+23.5%)	$553 → $669 (+21.0%)

New Bethlehem

Population

888909

Median household income

$32,500$39,632

Median home value

$85,100$144,700

Median gross rent

$514$635

Rimersburg

Population

8991,079

Median household income

$30,667$57,250

Median home value

$91,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$553$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.4%
75 and over	13.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
No high school diploma	13.1%	17.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
Drove alone	76.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	15.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
1-unit, detached	71.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	14.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	New Bethlehem	Rimersburg
Poverty rate	22.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1945	1944