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Place dossier plate
SheetVA-BETHEL-MANOR-VA · Bethel Manor, VA 4,512 pop · income 56th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bethel Manor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bethel Manor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tazewell · lowest
35,392
Tazewell · lowest
35,392 median HH income
14.4% of the leader · rank #1
Lake City · near
74,909
Lake City · near
74,909 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #2
Leland · near
74,911
Leland · near
74,911 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #3
St. Bernard · near
74,911
St. Bernard · near
74,911 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #4
Bethel Manor · this city
74,918
Bethel Manor · this city
74,918 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #5
Salt Lake City · near
74,925
Salt Lake City · near
74,925 median HH income
30.5% of the leader · rank #6
Union Mill · highest
245,265
Union Mill · highest
245,265 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bethel Manor on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,512.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Bethel Manor lands in the 56th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
56th
percentile, household income
62nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bethel Manor, VA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 4,512 residents in Bethel Manor, a small town within Virginia. Households in Bethel Manor report a median income of $74,918 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.6%. The median resident age is 21.7 years. About 31.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 35.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,369 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Virginia run around $235, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bethel Manor's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bethel Manor, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bethel Manor?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Loch Lomond (4,460 residents, $109,873 income); Tazewell (4,419 residents, $35,392 income); Berryville (4,667 residents, $100,547 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fulton, MS (4,511 residents); Hancock, MI (4,510 residents); Wellington, OH (4,514 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Bethel Manor?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 5.6% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
101.1 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
C-
City profile score · Bethel Manor, VA
52/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C+
5.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$74,918
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
101.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bethel Manor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 62/100 (C+) · 5.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 60/100 (C+) · 31.1%
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,918
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Bethel Manor compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bethel Manor stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income56% higher than other cities
Median rent62% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bethel Manor against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bethel Manor near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bethel Manor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bethel Manor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#267 of 558
52nd percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#299 of 616
51st percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#270 of 618
56th percentile in Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
56th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$74,918Bethel Manor, VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bethel Manor, VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bethel Manor, VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)35.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,512
Median Income
$74,918
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
21.7
Poverty Rate
5.6%
Labor force participation
35.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
84.6%
Carpool
12.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.3%
Other
0.7%
Based on 1,890 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bethel Manor. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bethel Manor is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bethel Manor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bethel Manor compares to similar-size Virginia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.