Bethany vs Prompton

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

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

Bethany has the higher population (269 vs 214 in Prompton). Bethany has the higher median household income ($95,167 vs $82,500 in Prompton). Bethany has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $165,800 in Prompton).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Prompton
Population	269	214
Median age	50.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,167	$82,500
Median home value	$225,000	$165,800
Median gross rent	$746	$1,028
Housing units	135	102
Homeownership rate	84.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Prompton
Population	237 → 269 (+13.5%)	272 → 214 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $95,167 (+95.2%)	$64,000 → $82,500 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$183,700 → $225,000 (+22.5%)	$143,100 → $165,800 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $746 (-14.7%)	$689 → $1,028 (+49.2%)

Bethany

Population

237269

Median household income

$48,750$95,167

Median home value

$183,700$225,000

Median gross rent

$875$746

Prompton

Population

272214

Median household income

$64,000$82,500

Median home value

$143,100$165,800

Median gross rent

$689$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Prompton
Under 5	5.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	22.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	22.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	21.6%	6.5%
75 and over	11.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Prompton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Prompton
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Prompton
Drove alone	68.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	22.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Prompton
1-unit, detached	83.7%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Prompton
Poverty rate	0.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1961	1962