About Bethany

Bethany is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,013 people and just one neighborhood, Bethany is the 165th largest community in West Virginia.

Bethany is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bethany is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethany who work in teaching (25.74%), office and administrative support jobs (17.87%), and food service (9.79%).

Of important note, Bethany is also a town of artists. Bethany has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bethany's character.

Bethany is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Bethany area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Bethany maintain a good economy.

One of the benefits of Bethany is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.20 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

In Bethany, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Bethany is a relatively small town. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Bethany Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bethany, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bethany is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 64.91% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bethany in 2000 was $10,769, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $43,076 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Bethany is English. Some people also speak Spanish.