City safety & data profile
BethanyOR
Bethany, OR is a 21K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $167,735.
Washington County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bethany, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bethany has a population larger than 46% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $751,700, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 21K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 47%
- By size
- $167,735
- Median income (place)
- $751,700
- Median home (place)
- 4%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Bethany
Bethany posts a median household income higher than 96% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Bethany area.
- Top 4%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Bethany
Composite score · Bethany, OR
87/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Curious how Bethany stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Bethany income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$167,735 Top 4% higher than 96% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in OR
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.
OR cities ranked by median household income
Median household income among the same 57-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Bethany leads this pool on median income; Portland is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Bethany, OR beyond the headline numbers
Bethany sits inside Washington County, Oregon, at roughly 45.56°N, -122.87°W. Population 20,646, $167,735 median household income. Median home value $751,700, median rent $2,245. Poverty rate 4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Bethany (nearest 3.9 mi away), 3.8/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 52.5°F annual average, 36.1" precipitation.
39.2% of Bethany workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
A bachelor's degree or higher is common in Bethany: 71.7% of adults, the highest quarter of reporting cities -- a labor pool skewed toward credentialed work.
Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 1.9% in Bethany, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
$2,245/month is the median rent in Bethany, OR, placing it in the priciest quarter of reporting cities; housing cost is doing real work against the household budget here.
2.5% of Bethany workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Hardship is low by national standards: 4% of Bethany, OR residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
Unemployment in Bethany sits at 4%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
A median home in Bethany runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bethany from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Washington County): Bethany's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
What stands out most about Bethany's economic profile: median household income at $167,735, 88% above the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: poverty rate at 4.0%, 68% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 4% -68% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 71.7% |
| Work From Home | 39.2% |
| Public Transit | 2.5% |
By the Numbers
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Hospital Options 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20245.4% above national average
Metro area: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelWashington County has recorded 21 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $138K in payouts since 2016.
No single named event dominates this county's claim history: most are individual, unnamed flood losses.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Bethany?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bethany right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-BETHANY-OR · Bethany
Bethany: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bethany; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Questions & Answers 9
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bethany, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (4% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($167,735 here).
Compare Bethany with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
What to do with Bethany's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bethany area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Bethany against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Washington County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.