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Bethel, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bethel, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,312. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BETHEL-ME · Bethel, ME 1 ZIPs · 3,312 pop · #17344/25278 · Oxford County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $61,125
  • RANK-LOWER #17344/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brownfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,312
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $329,700

Nearest income peer: Brownfield, ME ( $236 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Bethel

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bethel on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bethel, ME sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

31st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,312
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,125
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $61,125 and poverty 12.7% concentrate in 04217.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Bethel as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Brownfield is the closest lower-income city and Orono the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bethel.

Population concentration

Bethel reads through its lone ZIP, 04217

3,312 ACS residents, one ZIP: 04217 is not the leading code inside Bethel, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Bethel's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 158 establishments, 1,115 employees , annual payroll $50,385k (~48 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04217 (158 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (29) · also Construction · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Bethel, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Oxford County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bethel. See the Oxford County roll-up →

Bethel lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Oxford County: Oxford, South Paris and Buckfield earn more and Rumford, Norway and Fryeburg earn less. Rumford marks the far end of that range at $38,403, 37% below Bethel.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04217 3,312 $61,125 158 7
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