Bethel vs Hansville

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

Bethel and Hansville 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 3,533 in Hansville). Hansville has the higher median household income ($85,800 vs $84,214 in Bethel). Hansville has the higher median home value ($483,000 vs $440,800 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Hansville
Population	4,276	3,533
Median age	42.4 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$85,800
Median home value	$440,800	$483,000
Median gross rent	$1,195	—
Housing units	1,664	2,386
Homeownership rate	90.4%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Hansville
Population	3,851 → 4,276 (+11.0%)	3,413 → 3,533 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$78,526 → $84,214 (+7.2%)	$71,131 → $85,800 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$264,400 → $440,800 (+66.7%)	$324,800 → $483,000 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,195 (-3.1%)	$1,017 → $2,259 (+122.1%)

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

Hansville

Population

3,4133,533

Median household income

$71,131$85,800

Median home value

$324,800$483,000

Median gross rent

$1,017$2,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Hansville
Under 5	3.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	4.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	4.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	18.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	33.2%
75 and over	7.1%	20.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Hansville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Hansville
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Hansville
Drove alone	72.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.2%
Public transit	6.1%	11.7%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	11.4%
Other means	3.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Hansville
1-unit, detached	79.1%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Hansville
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1992	1993