Bethel Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 33,556 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Bethel Park is the 23rd largest community in Pennsylvania.

Bethel Park is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.84% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bethel Park is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethel Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.51%), sales jobs (15.03%), and management occupations (12.07%).

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

In addition, Bethel Park 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.

Bethel Park is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Bethel Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Even though Bethel Park is not a small borough, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Bethel Park Information and Demographics

The education level of Bethel Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 37.81% of adults in Bethel Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bethel Park in 2000 was $25,867, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,468 for a family of four.

The people who call Bethel Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bethel Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bethel Park include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, English, Slovak, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Bethel Park is English.