Beech Bottom vs Bethany

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Bottom and Bethany: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Bottom and Bethany are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethany has the higher population (1,066 vs 588 in Beech Bottom). Bethany has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $30,000 in Beech Bottom). Bethany has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $62,800 in Beech Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
Population	588	1,066
Median age	45.0 yrs	21.0 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$61,250
Median home value	$62,800	$113,600
Median gross rent	$795	$675
Housing units	287	166
Homeownership rate	79.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
Population	605 → 588 (-2.8%)	1,022 → 1,066 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $30,000 (-43.5%)	$62,500 → $61,250 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $62,800 (+18.5%)	$125,000 → $113,600 (-9.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $795 (+4.2%)	$595 → $675 (+13.4%)

Beech Bottom

Population

605588

Median household income

$53,125$30,000

Median home value

$53,000$62,800

Median gross rent

$763$795

Bethany

Population

1,0221,066

Median household income

$62,500$61,250

Median home value

$125,000$113,600

Median gross rent

$595$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
Under 5	8.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	68.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	17.9%	3.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	4.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	3.3%
75 and over	7.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	56.2%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
Drove alone	92.5%	51.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	42.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
1-unit, detached	59.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	30.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bottom	Bethany
Poverty rate	40.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1943	1950