Housing density: 255 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $79,921.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,327 (lower quartile is $1,021, upper quartile is $1,641)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,270
Median gross rent in Bethlehem, NY in 2022: $1,472
Housing units in Bethlehem with a mortgage: 6,336 (309 second mortgage, 1,037 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,159
In family households: 216,717 (46,016 male householders, 25,348 female householders)
50,642 spouses, 76,299 children (72,025 natural, 1,918 adopted, 2,356 stepchildren), 3,969 grandchildren, 2,717 brothers or sisters, 2,237 parents, foster children, 2,377 other relatives, 5,881 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 70,463 (25,546 male householders (18,848 living alone)), 29,341 female householders (23,879 living alone)), 15,576 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 17,024 (3,059 institutionalized population)
42,356 married couples with children.
18,822 single-parent households (3,253 men, 15,569 women).
94.7% of residents of Bethlehem speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 2,629 (7.8%)
(73.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Bethlehem, New York
1941995 to March 2000
2151990 to 1994
2021985 to 1989
1231980 to 1984
1091975 to 1979
1241970 to 1974
1251965 to 1969
416Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 7,603 (19.3%)
German: 6,718 (17.0%)
Italian: 5,005 (12.7%)
English: 4,284 (10.9%)
Other: 3,998 (10.1%)
Polish: 1,935 (4.9%)
French: 1,577 (4.0%)
Dutch: 1,407 (3.6%)
United States: 1,295 (3.3%)
Russian: 1,056 (2.7%)
Scottish: 739 (1.9%)
French Canadian: 530 (1.3%)
Swedish: 417 (1.1%)
Welsh: 415 (1.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 413 (1.0%)
Greek: 387 (1.0%)
Norwegian: 256 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 229 (0.6%)
Arab: 207 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 183 (0.5%)
Czech: 174 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 171 (0.4%)
Danish: 107 (0.3%)
Slovak: 105 (0.3%)
Swiss: 97 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 59 (0.1%)
West Indian: 48 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
United Kingdom
Bethlehem:
11.9% (180)
New York:
1.6% (62,237)
Germany
Bethlehem:
10.8% (163)
New York:
1.8% (69,327)
Canada
Bethlehem:
10.2% (154)
New York:
1.4% (54,876)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Bethlehem:
7.4% (112)
New York:
6.0% (233,766)
India
Bethlehem:
5.7% (86)
New York:
3.0% (117,238)
Pakistan
Bethlehem:
4.9% (74)
New York:
1.3% (51,055)
Italy
Bethlehem:
3.8% (57)
New York:
3.8% (147,729)
Russia
Bethlehem:
3.4% (51)
New York:
2.4% (94,595)
Ireland
Bethlehem:
3.1% (47)
New York:
1.1% (41,934)
Other Eastern Europe
Bethlehem:
2.7% (41)
New York:
1.4% (53,825)
Greece
Bethlehem:
2.7% (41)
New York:
1.1% (42,335)
Korea
Bethlehem:
2.7% (41)
New York:
2.5% (97,933)
Guyana
Bethlehem:
2.6% (39)
New York:
3.7% (142,154)
Colombia
Bethlehem:
2.3% (34)
New York:
2.9% (111,727)
Iran
Bethlehem:
1.9% (29)
New York:
0.4% (17,323)
Dominican Republic
Bethlehem:
1.7% (25)
New York:
10.5% (408,086)
Yugoslavia
Bethlehem:
1.5% (23)
New York:
0.7% (25,688)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 24,079
Other state: 5,587
Northeast: 2,822
Midwest: 1,127
South: 1,092
West: 546
64% of Bethlehem residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 29
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 47
7th and 8th grade: 115
9th grade: 75
10th grade: 109
11th grade: 153
12th grade, no diploma: 185
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,475
Less than 1 year of college: 372
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 944
Associate degree: 820
Bachelor's degree: 2,257
Master's degree: 1,445
Professional school degree: 1,104
Doctorate degree: 475
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 14
Nursery to 4th grade: 49
5th and 6th grade: 20
7th and 8th grade: 171
9th grade: 100
10th grade: 96
11th grade: 117
12th grade, no diploma: 167
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,382
Less than 1 year of college: 804
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,051
Associate degree: 1,272
Bachelor's degree: 2,553
Master's degree: 2,108
Professional school degree: 478
Doctorate degree: 178
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,845
One, attached: 780
Two: 928
3 or 4: 749
5 to 9: 498
10 to 19: 81
20 to 49: 159
50 or more: 262
Mobile homes: 157
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,874
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.6%