What is the population of Bethel city?

Bethel city has 559 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #476 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Bethel city?

Median household income in Bethel city is $102,500 a year, 30.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bethel city?

Median gross rent is $1,018 a month and the median home value is $260,200, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.

Is Bethel city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bethel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Minnesota · Census place 05554

Bethel, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bethel, Minnesota (Bethel, MN — Census place “Bethel city”) is 559 residents, ranking #476 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $102,500, the median home is worth $260,200 and median gross rent runs $1,018 a month. Looking for the Bethel Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bethel, MN: 55005.

Population: 559Bethel city residents
Median household income: $102,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $260,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,018Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 86.5%Owner-occupied households

Bethel ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bethel.

The Bethel MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

55005

What the numbers mean in Bethel city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bethel city median would spend about 11.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.6% of residents and 86.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bethel city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bethel city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 559 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #476 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 47% of them. The median age here is 34.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bethel city earn a median of $102,500 a year, 30.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 36% above the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 3.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bethel city is valued at $260,200, 14.2% below the national figure and 8% above the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,018 a month, 27.6% below the national figure, or roughly $12,216 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 559 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Bethel city against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bethel city?: Bethel city has 559 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #476 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Bethel city?: Median household income in Bethel city is $102,500 a year, 30.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bethel city?: Median gross rent is $1,018 a month and the median home value is $260,200, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.
Is Bethel city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bethel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bethel city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.