Bethel vs Chico

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

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

Bethel has the higher population (4,276 vs 3,016 in Chico). Chico has the higher median household income ($124,700 vs $84,214 in Bethel). Chico has the higher median home value ($620,300 vs $440,800 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Chico
Population	4,276	3,016
Median age	42.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$124,700
Median home value	$440,800	$620,300
Median gross rent	$1,195	$1,724
Housing units	1,664	1,121
Homeownership rate	90.4%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Chico
Population	3,851 → 4,276 (+11.0%)	2,846 → 3,016 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$78,526 → $84,214 (+7.2%)	$112,984 → $124,700 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$264,400 → $440,800 (+66.7%)	$427,000 → $620,300 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,195 (-3.1%)	$1,833 → $1,724 (-5.9%)

Bethel

Population

3,8514,276

Median household income

$78,526$84,214

Median home value

$264,400$440,800

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,195

Chico

Population

2,8463,016

Median household income

$112,984$124,700

Median home value

$427,000$620,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Chico
Under 5	3.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	16.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.7%
75 and over	7.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Chico
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	8.9%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Chico
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	27.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Chico
Drove alone	72.5%	71.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.6%
Public transit	6.1%	2.7%
Walked	0.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	12.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Chico
1-unit, detached	79.1%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Chico
Poverty rate	8.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1992	1987