The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bethlehem has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bethlehem a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Bethlehem, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.35 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Bethlehem does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Bethlehem with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.25% of adults in Bethlehem have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bethlehem in 2022 was $27,212, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,848 for a family of four. However, Bethlehem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bethlehem is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bethlehem home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bethlehem residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bethlehem also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bethlehem include English, German, Irish, British, and European.
The most common language spoken in Bethlehem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
