Bethel vs Suquamish

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

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

Suquamish has the higher population (4,515 vs 4,276 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($84,214 vs $83,856 in Suquamish). Bethel has the higher median home value ($440,800 vs $428,100 in Suquamish).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Suquamish
Population	4,276	4,515
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,214	$83,856
Median home value	$440,800	$428,100
Median gross rent	$1,195	$1,392
Housing units	1,664	2,041
Homeownership rate	90.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Suquamish
Population	3,851 → 4,276 (+11.0%)	4,395 → 4,515 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$78,526 → $84,214 (+7.2%)	$64,509 → $83,856 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$264,400 → $440,800 (+66.7%)	$278,100 → $428,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,195 (-3.1%)	$1,121 → $1,392 (+24.2%)

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

Suquamish

Population

4,3954,515

Median household income

$64,509$83,856

Median home value

$278,100$428,100

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Suquamish
Under 5	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.1%
75 and over	7.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Suquamish
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	8.2%
Asian	8.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.5%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Suquamish
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Suquamish
Drove alone	72.5%	67.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.5%
Public transit	6.1%	4.3%
Walked	0.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.5%	14.7%
Other means	3.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Suquamish
1-unit, detached	79.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Suquamish
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1992	1983