Bethlehem vs Clearview

A side-by-side comparison of Bethlehem and Clearview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethlehem has the higher population (2,568 vs 505 in Clearview). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $73,750 in Clearview). Clearview has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $203,000 in Bethlehem).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Clearview
Population	2,568	505
Median age	41.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$73,750
Median home value	$203,000	$214,700
Median gross rent	$1,291	$917
Housing units	1,145	219
Homeownership rate	88.7%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Clearview
Population	2,461 → 2,568 (+4.3%)	545 → 505 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$73,065 → $87,500 (+19.8%)	$69,688 → $73,750 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $203,000 (+28.4%)	$145,800 → $214,700 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,291 (+19.2%)	$634 → $917 (+44.6%)

Bethlehem

Population

2,4612,568

Median household income

$73,065$87,500

Median home value

$158,100$203,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,291

Clearview

Population

545505

Median household income

$69,688$73,750

Median home value

$145,800$214,700

Median gross rent

$634$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Clearview
Under 5	6.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	18.6%
75 and over	9.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Clearview
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Clearview
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	26.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Clearview
Drove alone	82.5%	90.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Clearview
1-unit, detached	90.7%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Clearview
Poverty rate	5.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1960	1962