Bethany, West Virginia - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,039
Male Share of the Population	55%
Female Share of the Population	45%
Senior Citizens	6.4%
Employed Population 16+	584
Age of the Population	20

Families

% of people married	15.2%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	19.3%
Median Earnings25+	$38,295
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,389

Wealth

Median Family Income	$82,250
% Above Poverty Level	98%
% Below Poverty Level	2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	20 minutes
% Working from Home	5.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	43.2%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	40.1%
Median Gross Rent	$557
Median House Value	$129,200

Ancestry

German	18.7%
Italian	12.8%
Polish	8.5%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	7.8%
English	7.6%
Irish	6.1%
French Except Basque	1.6%
Scottish	1.4%
Czech	1%
Dutch	0.7%
Norwegian	0.5%
Welsh	0.3%
Russian	0.2%
Lithuanian	0.2%
US/American	0.2%
Hungarian	0.2%
Austrian	0.1%
Slovene	0.1%
Belgian	0.1%
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Bethany Almanac

Category	Value
County	Brooke County
Standard Zip Codes	26032
Phone Area Codes	304
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.2
Approximate Longitude	-80.56

Bethany Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	WELLSBURG WTR TRMT PL
Distance	6.2 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 37 F
Apr Temp	38 to 63 F
Jul Temp	62 to 84 F
Oct Temp	42 to 65 F
Annual Precip	39.4 inches

Station	PIKE ISLAND LOCK AND DAM
Distance	8.5 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 37 F
Apr Temp	39 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 83 F
Oct Temp	44 to 65 F
Annual Precip	38 inches

Station	BURGETTSTOWN 2 W
Distance	13.9 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 36 F
Apr Temp	34 to 61 F
Jul Temp	57 to 82 F
Oct Temp	38 to 63 F
Annual Precip	40.1 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Beech Bottom	645	$42,250
Follansbee	2,806	$61,000
Valley Grove	383	$45,000
Wellsburg	2,624	$56,875
West Liberty	1,728	$64,000
Windsor Heights	331	$52,891

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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