was 3.18. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $74,898, and the median income for a family was $79,493. Males had a median income of $52,037 versus $44,427 for females. The per capita income for the town was $31,403. About 1.5% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 0.6% of those age 65 or over. Parks and recreation In a span of two years (1997–1999), the town purchased of land for the new Veterans Memorial Park. In 1999, the man-made Hockanum Lake at Veterans Memorial Park was opened for swimming. In 2000, the first Summer Sparkler was held there. Notable people Amy Arnsten, neuroscientist Robert Crabtree, chemist David Hoadley (1774–1839), architect who worked in New Haven and Middlesex counties in Connecticut; designed Darius Beecher House in Bethany Silas Hoadley (1786–1870), clockmaker; born in Bethany R. W. B. Lewis (1917–2002), biographer and Yale professor Quincy Porter (1897–1966), Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Katharine Weber, novelist References External links Town of Bethany official website Profile for Bethany, Connecticut, at ePodunk.com The Amity Star, a newspaper published in Bethany from 1950 to 1953 Bethany Historical Society Towns in New Haven County, Connecticut Populated places established in 1717 Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut 1717 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies