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Bethel CDP, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Bethel CDP is a Census CDP of 11,404 people across 6.16 square miles of land, in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $90,848, 63.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 62 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $23.5 m.
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Bethel
What Bethel is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.16 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,850
- County holding the largest share of its areaWestern Connecticut Planning Region, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
How many people live in Bethel
- Population11,404
- Median age41.8
- Population under 182,331
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over1,837
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent
- Households4,830
- Family households2,828
- Share of households that are families58.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
Income and work in Bethel
- Median household income$90,848
- Per capita income$52,368
- Civilian labor force6,495
- Employed6,261
- Unemployed234 plus or minus 124
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over7,974
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
Housing in Bethel
- Housing units5,086
- Occupied units4,830
- Vacant units256 plus or minus 162
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied3,068
- Renter occupied1,762
- Ownership rate63.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$378,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,656
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.9 percent
- Single family units2,994
- Share single family58.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,092 plus or minus 427
- Share in buildings of two or more41.1 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
How Bethel gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,945
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,274 plus or minus 278
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,085 plus or minus 427
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.2 percent
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home15.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
SBA 7(a) lending to Bethel borrowers
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$23,505,200
- Average approval$379,116
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$921,300
- Largest approval$3,173,200
- Jobs supported533
- Jobs per approval8.6
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Paid in full11
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans15.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more3.2 percent
- Share to franchises11.3 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS41
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bethel
SBA 504 lending to Bethel borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$6,856,000
- Average approval$761,778
- Median approval$650,000
- Largest approval$2,185,000
- Jobs supported54
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, not Bethel
Western Connecticut Planning Region context, not Bethel figures
These are Western Connecticut Planning Region figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bethel measurements.
- Establishments in Western Connecticut Planning Region19,955
- Employment at those establishments, Western Connecticut Planning Region292,288
- Covered employment, Western Connecticut Planning Region287,189
- Average annual pay, Western Connecticut Planning Region$129,052
- Average weekly wage, Western Connecticut Planning Region$2,482
- Housing units permitted, Western Connecticut Planning Region1,094
- Of those, single family, Western Connecticut Planning Region389
- County product, 2024, Western Connecticut Planning Region$76,343,680,000
- Average income of an arriving household, Western Connecticut Planning Region$254,936
Every figure in this section is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of Bethel. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bethel questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bethel, Connecticut?
11,404, in 4,830 households. Bethel CDP covers 6.16 square miles of land, which is 1,850 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bethel in?
Western Connecticut Planning Region, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bethel?
$90,848. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $378,300. Median gross rent is $1,656 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bethel businesses?
62 7(a) approvals totalling $23.5 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $6.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bethel, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bethel borrowers get paid back?
Of the 13 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 15.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Bethel figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bethel.
Is zoning published for Bethel?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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