Bethany vs Wellsburg

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

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

Wellsburg has the higher population (2,364 vs 1,066 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $40,948 in Wellsburg). Bethany has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $97,200 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Wellsburg
Population	1,066	2,364
Median age	21.0 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$40,948
Median home value	$113,600	$97,200
Median gross rent	$675	$569
Housing units	166	1,268
Homeownership rate	72.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Wellsburg
Population	1,022 → 1,066 (+4.3%)	2,595 → 2,364 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $61,250 (-2.0%)	$40,136 → $40,948 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $113,600 (-9.1%)	$87,200 → $97,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $675 (+13.4%)	$570 → $569 (-0.2%)

Bethany

Population

1,0221,066

Median household income

$62,500$61,250

Median home value

$125,000$113,600

Median gross rent

$595$675

Wellsburg

Population

2,5952,364

Median household income

$40,136$40,948

Median home value

$87,200$97,200

Median gross rent

$570$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Wellsburg
Under 5	3.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	7.7%
18 to 24	68.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	5.5%
45 to 54	3.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	4.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	3.3%	26.7%
75 and over	4.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	23.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	20.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Wellsburg
Drove alone	51.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	80.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1950	1938