West Virginia · Census place 06940
Bethlehem, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Bethlehem, West Virginia (Bethlehem, WV — Census place “Bethlehem village”) is 2,568 residents, ranking #64 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $87,500, the median home is worth $203,000 and median gross rent runs $1,291 a month. Looking for the Bethlehem West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bethlehem, WV: 26003.
- Population
- 2,568Bethlehem village residents
- Median household income
- $87,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $203,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,291Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 88.7%Owner-occupied households
Bethlehem ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bethlehem.
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What the numbers mean in Bethlehem village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Bethlehem village median would spend about 17.7% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.5% of residents and 88.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Bethlehem village, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bethlehem village is a small town in West Virginia, with 2,568 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #64 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 41.4 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 Bethlehem village earn a median of $87,500 a year, 11.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 65% above the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bethlehem village is valued at $203,000, 33.1% below the national figure and 60% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,291 a month, 8.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% 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 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 88.7% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in West Virginia.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bethlehem village?
- Bethlehem village has 2,568 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Bethlehem village?
- Median household income in Bethlehem village is $87,500 a year, 11.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bethlehem village?
- Median gross rent is $1,291 a month and the median home value is $203,000, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
- Is Bethlehem village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bethlehem village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Bethlehem village 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.