What is the population of Bethany city?

Bethany city has 3,164 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #199 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Bethany city?

Median household income in Bethany city is $46,016 a year, 41.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $634 a month and the median home value is $119,700, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bethany city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bethany, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bethany, Missouri (Bethany, MO — Census place “Bethany city”) is 3,164 residents, ranking #199 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $46,016, the median home is worth $119,700 and median gross rent runs $634 a month. Looking for the Bethany Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bethany, MO: 64424.

Population: 3,164Bethany city residents
Median household income: $46,016Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $119,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $634Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.3%Owner-occupied households

Bethany ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bethany.

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

64424

What the numbers mean in Bethany city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bethany city median would spend about 16.5% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.5% of residents and 62.3% of households own their home.

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

Bethany city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bethany city is a small town in Missouri, with 3,164 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #199 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 42.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Bethany city earn a median of $46,016 a year, 41.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bethany city is valued at $119,700, 60.5% below the national figure and 21% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $634 a month, 54.9% below the national figure, or roughly $7,608 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Bethany city?: Bethany city has 3,164 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #199 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Bethany city?: Median household income in Bethany city is $46,016 a year, 41.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bethany city?: Median gross rent is $634 a month and the median home value is $119,700, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Bethany city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bethany city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bethany 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.