Bethel Heights, Arkansas
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Bethel Heights is a city in Benton County
Benton County, Arkansas
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, Arkansas
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, United States
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. The population was 714 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...

Springdale
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As of the census of 2010, there were 69,797 people, 22,805 households, and 16,640 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.7% White, 0.82% Black or African American, 1.8% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 5.7% Pacific Islander, 22% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more...

Rogers
Rogers, Arkansas
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, AR-MO
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 Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.

Bethel Heights has the fifth highest median household income in Arkansas (after Maumelle, White Hall
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, Cabot
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, and Bryant
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).

Geography

Bethel Heights is located at 36°13′22"N 94°7′40"W (36.222843, -94.127671).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 6.5 km² (2.5 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of 2010 Bethel Heights had a population of 2,372. The racial and ethnic composition of the popualtion was 49.7% non-Hispanic white, 1.9% black or African American, 1.4% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 8.3% Pacific Islander, 21.6% from some other race, 2.2% from two or more races and 34.7% Hispanic or Latino.

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 714 people, 251 households, and 211 families residing in the town. The population density
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 was 109.4/km² (282.8/mi²). There were 261 housing units at an average density of 40.0/km² (103.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.16% White
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, 1.54% Native American
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, 2.52% Asian
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, 1.82% from other races
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, and 1.96% from two or more races. 3.36% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 251 households out of which 42.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.1% were married couples
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 living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.9% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the town the population was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $48,750, and the median income for a family was $51,172. Males had a median income of $33,438 versus $26,625 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $19,001. About 1.9% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.
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