Bethel vs Indianola

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

Bethel and Indianola 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 3,517 in Indianola). Indianola has the higher median household income ($95,469 vs $84,214 in Bethel). Indianola has the higher median home value ($478,100 vs $440,800 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Indianola
Population	4,276	3,517
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$95,469
Median home value	$440,800	$478,100
Median gross rent	$1,195	$1,415
Housing units	1,664	1,724
Homeownership rate	90.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Indianola
Population	3,851 → 4,276 (+11.0%)	3,524 → 3,517 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$78,526 → $84,214 (+7.2%)	$75,583 → $95,469 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$264,400 → $440,800 (+66.7%)	$310,100 → $478,100 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,195 (-3.1%)	$1,336 → $1,415 (+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

Indianola

Population

3,5243,517

Median household income

$75,583$95,469

Median home value

$310,100$478,100

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Indianola
Under 5	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Indianola
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	8.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	9.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Indianola
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Indianola
Drove alone	72.5%	65.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.3%
Public transit	6.1%	6.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	19.5%
Other means	3.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Indianola
1-unit, detached	79.1%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Indianola
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1992	1991