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Bethel town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Bethel town is a Census town of 1,544 people across 1.05 square miles of land, in Pitt County. Median household income is $52,961, 67.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $150,500.
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Bethel
What Bethel is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.05 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,467 plus or minus 325
- County holding the largest share of its areaPitt County, 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
- Population1,544 plus or minus 342
- Median age40.9
- Population under 18291 plus or minus 95
- Share under 1818.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over340 plus or minus 95
- Share 65 and over22.0 percent
- Households711 plus or minus 165
- Family households413 plus or minus 116
- Share of households that are families58.1 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$52,961
- Per capita income$31,538
- Civilian labor force730 plus or minus 220
- Employed658 plus or minus 202
- Unemployed72 plus or minus 74
- Unemployment rate9.9 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Adults 25 and over1,071 plus or minus 243
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
Housing in Bethel
- Housing units810 plus or minus 173
- Occupied units711 plus or minus 165
- Vacant units99 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate12.2 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied478 plus or minus 124
- Renter occupied233 plus or minus 91
- Ownership rate67.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,800 plus or minus $55,060
- Median gross rent, monthly$684 plus or minus $198
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units714 plus or minus 159
- Share single family88.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more62 plus or minus 57
- Share in buildings of two or more7.7 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes34 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1964
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 commute653 plus or minus 201
- Commuting under 15 minutes81 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more234 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.8 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Drove alone91.8 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home0.3 percent plus or minus 0.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethel
SBA loans in Bethel (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$150,500
- Average approval$75,250
- Median approval$100,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$100,500
- Largest approval$100,500
- Jobs supported9
- Jobs per approval4.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bethel
Flood risk in Bethel
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370546
- Currently effective map date07/07/14
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Pitt County, not Bethel
Pitt County context, not Bethel figures
These are Pitt County 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 Pitt County3,817
- Employment at those establishments, Pitt County64,563
- Covered employment, Pitt County81,371
- Average annual pay, Pitt County$59,866
- Average weekly wage, Pitt County$1,151
- Housing units permitted, Pitt County1,300
- Of those, single family, Pitt County1,059
- County product, 2024, Pitt County$12,528,769,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pitt County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pitt County$53,416
Every figure in this section is published for Pitt County 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.
- 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, North Carolina?
1,544, in 711 households. Bethel town covers 1.05 square miles of land, which is 1,467 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?
Pitt County, 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?
$52,961. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,800. Median gross rent is $684 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?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $150,500, across 2 lenders, median approval $100,500. 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?
No rate is published for Bethel. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Bethel in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bethel appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370546, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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 Pitt County 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.