East Bethel is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 12,288 people and three associated neighborhoods, East Bethel is the 91st largest community in Minnesota.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Bethel is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Bethel is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Bethel who work in management occupations (11.83%), office and administrative support (9.51%), and healthcare (8.36%). Also of interest is that East Bethel has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, East Bethel is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, East Bethel really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is East Bethel perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) East Bethel has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. East Bethel has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in East Bethel than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, East Bethel may be for you. One downside of living in East Bethel is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In East Bethel, the average commute to work is 34.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of East Bethel citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.86% of adults in East Bethel have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in East Bethel in 2022 was $46,710, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $186,840 for a family of four. The people who call East Bethel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bethel residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in East Bethel include German, Swedish, Norwegian, Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in East Bethel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
