Bethlehem vs Wheeling

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

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

Wheeling has the higher population (26,670 vs 2,568 in Bethlehem). Bethlehem has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $48,498 in Wheeling). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $142,500 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
Population	2,568	26,670
Median age	41.4 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$48,498
Median home value	$203,000	$142,500
Median gross rent	$1,291	$795
Housing units	1,145	14,560
Homeownership rate	88.7%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
Population	2,461 → 2,568 (+4.3%)	27,062 → 26,670 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$73,065 → $87,500 (+19.8%)	$44,119 → $48,498 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $203,000 (+28.4%)	$110,100 → $142,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,291 (+19.2%)	$658 → $795 (+20.8%)

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

Wheeling

Population

27,06226,670

Median household income

$44,119$48,498

Median home value

$110,100$142,500

Median gross rent

$658$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.7%
75 and over	9.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
No high school diploma	0.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
Drove alone	82.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.9%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	90.7%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Wheeling
Poverty rate	5.5%	19.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1960	1950