About Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 3,422 people and just one neighborhood, Bethlehem is the 144th largest community in Connecticut.

Bethlehem is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bethlehem is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethlehem who work in management occupations (13.41%), sales jobs (12.77%), and teaching (8.11%).

Also of interest is that Bethlehem has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Bethlehem is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Bethlehem is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bethlehem really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bethlehem perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Bethlehem is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Bethlehem, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.37% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Although Bethlehem is a relatively small town, quite a few people get to and from work by way of the subway, often traveling to the central city in the area.

Bethlehem Information and Demographics

The population of Bethlehem is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.28% of adults in Bethlehem have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bethlehem in 2000 was $29,672, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,688 for a family of four. However, Bethlehem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bethlehem home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bethlehem is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bethlehem include Italian, Irish, German, English, Lithuanian, Polish, French, French Canadian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Bethlehem is English.