Bethany vs The Escape

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

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

The Escape has the higher population (426 vs 269 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median household income ($95,167 vs $48,500 in The Escape).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	The Escape
Population	269	426
Median age	50.5 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,167	$48,500
Median home value	$225,000	—
Median gross rent	$746	$1,348
Housing units	135	641
Homeownership rate	84.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	The Escape
Population	237 → 269 (+13.5%)	—
Median household income	$48,750 → $95,167 (+95.2%)	—
Median home value	$183,700 → $225,000 (+22.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$875 → $746 (-14.7%)	—

Bethany

Population

237269

Median household income

$48,750$95,167

Median home value

$183,700$225,000

Median gross rent

$875$746

The Escape

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	The Escape
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	20.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.7%
65 to 74	21.6%	13.4%
75 and over	11.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	The Escape
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	The Escape
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	28.7%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	The Escape
Drove alone	68.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	22.0%	25.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	The Escape
1-unit, detached	83.7%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	The Escape
Poverty rate	0.7%	27.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1961	1991