Bethlehem vs Valley Grove

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

Bethlehem and Valley Grove 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 448 in Valley Grove). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $54,028 in Valley Grove). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $136,700 in Valley Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
Population	2,568	448
Median age	41.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$54,028
Median home value	$203,000	$136,700
Median gross rent	$1,291	$786
Housing units	1,145	157
Homeownership rate	88.7%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
Population	2,461 → 2,568 (+4.3%)	382 → 448 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$73,065 → $87,500 (+19.8%)	$37,639 → $54,028 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $203,000 (+28.4%)	$85,000 → $136,700 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,291 (+19.2%)	$681 → $786 (+15.4%)

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

Valley Grove

Population

382448

Median household income

$37,639$54,028

Median home value

$85,000$136,700

Median gross rent

$681$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
Under 5	6.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	28.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	20.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.0%
75 and over	9.3%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
Drove alone	82.5%	94.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
1-unit, detached	90.7%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Valley Grove
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.39	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1960	1953