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Bethany borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Bethany borough is a Census borough of 279 people across 0.50 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $100,250, 84.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Bethany
What Bethany is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.5 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land561 plus or minus 143
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne 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.
Bethany
How many people live in Bethany
- Population279 plus or minus 71
- Median age48.6 plus or minus 10.5
- Population under 1844 plus or minus 16
- Share under 1815.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Population 65 and over94 plus or minus 33
- Share 65 and over33.7 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Households123 plus or minus 33
- Family households89 plus or minus 30
- Share of households that are families72.4 percent plus or minus 14.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethany
Income and work in Bethany
- Median household income$100,250
- Per capita income$39,009
- Civilian labor force136
- Employed134 plus or minus 27
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over225 plus or minus 58
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent plus or minus 30.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.3 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree24.0 percent plus or minus 10.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethany
Housing in Bethany
- Housing units137 plus or minus 35
- Occupied units123 plus or minus 33
- Vacant units14 plus or minus 10
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Owner occupied104 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied19 plus or minus 10
- Ownership rate84.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$236,800 plus or minus $47,819
- Median gross rent, monthly$742 plus or minus $351
- Annual rent as a share of median income8.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units121 plus or minus 32
- Share single family88.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more16 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more11.7 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethany
How Bethany gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute119 plus or minus 27
- Commuting under 15 minutes47 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.5 percent plus or minus 15.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more31 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.1 percent plus or minus 19.0
- Drove alone65.2 percent
- Carpooled25.0 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bethany
SBA loans in Bethany (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$608,000
- Average approval$608,000
- Median approval$608,000
- Largest approval$608,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bethany
Flood risk in Bethany
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422566
- Currently effective map date05/16/13
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.
Wayne County, not Bethany
Wayne County context, not Bethany figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bethany measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County1,355
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County13,374
- Covered employment, Wayne County15,462
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$52,861
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,017
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County175
- Of those, single family, Wayne County175
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$2,652,215,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$85,803
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bethany. 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
Bethany questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bethany, Pennsylvania?
279, in 123 households. Bethany borough covers 0.50 square miles of land, which is 561 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bethany in?
Wayne 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 Bethany?
$100,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $236,800. Median gross rent is $742 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Bethany in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bethany appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422566, 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 Bethany figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne 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 Bethany.
Is zoning published for Bethany?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.