Bethel Island is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Bethel Island, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Bethel Island have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Bethel Island were 100 people, 39 would be 65 or older
For every 100 households, 64 own and the rest rent, beside 56 owners across CA. Roughly 1,864 people live in Bethel Island (census survey, 2020–24). A bachelor’s degree or more: 19 in every 100 adults 25 and older.
Median age 56.6 (CA 37.9).
Counted by household. Plus 10.1% of homes are seasonal.
Adults 25 and older. 4.5% of all residents are in college now.
Workers 16 and older.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Bethel Island says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Bethel Island
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Bethel Island’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Bethel Island or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Bethel Island in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.