East Bethel is a city of 12,115 people in Minnesota. Owners hold 92% of the housing stock. Few US cities rank higher on income. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The poverty rate is 3.2%, under the national 12.5%. 4% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $110,000, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 49%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about East Bethel
What changed most since 1990
Median age28.7 → 40.9(+12.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share99.0% → 89.8%(−9.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants96.6% → 92.3%(−4.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
East Bethel's population equals 3.3% of Anoka County's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.5% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)8.6%(46)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.9%(74)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.4%(232)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.1%(38)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 534 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
East Bethel, decade by decade
East Bethel population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,050
$90,612
$190,085
8.1%
2.6
2000
10,941
$105,437
$243,920
13.9%
7.4
2010
11,626
$109,974
$337,633
15.1%
11.4
2020
11,786
$110,064
$317,433
22.1%
25.8
2024
12,115
$110,000
$363,900
23.1%
23.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
