East Bethel, Minnesota

East Bethel population, 2020 to 2024

East Bethel added 494 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +74. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so East Bethel is 86% of it.

East Bethel covers 44.58 square miles of land and 3.11 of water, for 276 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so East Bethel is less dense than the typical town.

What county East Bethel is in

All of East Bethel's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. East Bethel holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Bethel

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap East Bethel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55005, 55011, 55092. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where East Bethel is

The Census internal point of East Bethel is at 45.353200, -93.217700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 28.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ham Lake, MN (16,905 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 27.0 miles away.

Daylight in East Bethel

At 45.35° N, East Bethel gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Bethel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Grove, 5.3 miles away, with 9,327 people.