Bethlehem is a

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(CDP) and the main village in the

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Bethlehem Bethlehem is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem, and the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. It had a population of people, as of . The city's economy is strongly linked to Tourism in the State of Palesti ...

in Grafton County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 826 at the 2020 census, out of 2,484 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the western part of the town of Bethlehem, along

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at the northern base of Mount Agassiz. US 302 leads east to Twin Mountain and west to Littleton.

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crosses US 302 in the center of town, leading north to Whitefield and south to

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village. From the center of the village, the CDP reaches west along US 302 as far as Valley View Lane, south along NH 142 to Mountain View Lane, east on US 302 past Turner Street and Ivie Lane, and north from NH 142 down Barrett Brook, nearly to Prospect Road. According to the

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, the Bethlehem CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 972 people, 424 households, and 257 families residing in the CDP. There were 531 housing units, of which 107, or 20.2%, were vacant. 57 of the vacant units were for seasonal use. The racial makeup of the town was 97.8%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.6% Native American, 0.2%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.0% from two or more races. 2.9% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 424 households in the CDP, 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were headed by

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living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29, and the average family size was 2.91. 25.6% of people in the CDP were under the age of 18, 7.6% were from age 18 to 24, 23.5% were from 25 to 44, 33.7% were from 45 to 64, and 9.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $47,941, and the median income for a family was $62,500. Male full-time workers had a median income of $36,000 versus $42,875 for females. The

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for the CDP was $22,146. 30.0% of the population and 20.5% of families were below the poverty line, along with 38.9% of people under the age of 18 and 25.0% of people 65 or older.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Grafton County, New Hampshire