Area guide · Pitt County, NC
Bethel
A railroad town at an old crossroads on the northern edge of Pitt County, 14 miles north of Greenville.
- For sale now
- 7
- Median list price
- $229K
- Sales, last 12 months
- 28
- Median sale price
- $219K
Hive MLS, residential, as of Nov 12, 2026
Overview
About Bethel
Bethel sits on the northern edge of Pitt County, where US 64 and US 13 run together, 14 miles north of Greenville, 13 miles from Tarboro and 29 miles from Rocky Mount.1
It is an incorporated town, with a town hall on West Railroad Street, a public library and a town park, and the farm fields of upper Pitt County start at the edge of town.1 Pitt County handles floodplain management for Bethel, so a floodplain question about a lot here goes to the county planning office.2
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Homes for sale in Bethel
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Market
Bethel by the numbers
As of Nov 12, 2026 · Hive MLS
- Homes for sale
- 7
- active now
- Pending
- 2
- under contract now
- Median list price
- $229,000
- homes for sale now
- Homes sold
- 28
- last 12 months
- Median sale price
- $218,778
- last 12 months
- Median days on market
- 69
- sold homes, last 12 months
- Sale-to-list price
- 97.7%
- median, final list price
- Median price per sq ft
- $127
- sold homes, heated area
Recent sales
| Address | Sold | Price | Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3942 Mcwhorter Street | Oct 2026 | $210,000 | 3 bd · 1 ba · 1,690 sq ft |
| 211 Nelson Street | Oct 2026 | $168,000 | 2 bd · 2 ba · 1,751 sq ft |
| 3620 Moore Drive | Sep 2026 | $239,994 | 4 bd · 3 ba · 1,710 sq ft |
| 3741 James Street | Sep 2026 | $183,000 | 3 bd · 3 ba · 1,400 sq ft |
| 3613 Moore Drive | Sep 2026 | $233,500 | 4 bd · 3 ba · 1,508 sq ft |
| 325 W Washington Street | Aug 2026 | $285,000 | 3 bd · 2 ba · 1,508 sq ft |
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Residential listings with a Bethel, NC mailing address in Pitt County, from Hive MLS records read through the SourceRE RESO Web API on Nov 12, 2026. Medians print only with at least 10 sales. Sold figures exclude rentals and land. Refreshed twice a day. Pitt County market report →
History
A short history of Bethel
Bethel began as a crossroads. Around 1774 a road from Martinsborough (later Greenville) to Halifax was built through upper Pitt County, and about the same time a road from Tarboro to Williamston crossed it. Settlement around the crossroads grew through the late 1700s and early 1800s, and for years the community there was called Old Bethel, or simply the Crossroads.3
Oliver Spain opened a store at the crossroads around 1840, and it served as a voting place and a muster ground for the local militia. A post office named Bethel opened on April 28, 1858. In 1870 the name was changed to Brandon, and it stayed Brandon until the Town of Bethel was incorporated on December 18, 1873.3
The railroad made the town. In late 1882 the Seaboard and Raleigh Railroad reached Bethel, the first and for a while the only railroad in Pitt County, and people from Greenville had to travel to Bethel to catch the train. By 1883 the village had nearly 200 residents, ten stores, two doctors, a steam sawmill and a coach-making shop.3
Places to visit
Interesting places in and around Bethel
Field of Dreams
Bethel's town park has a baseball and softball field, a basketball court, a picnic shelter and a walking track, open for community recreation.1
Directions to Field of Dreams (opens Google Maps) ↗Margaret Little Blount Memorial Library
The town's public library, open weekday afternoons. Check the hours on the town's site before you go.1
Directions to Margaret Little Blount Memorial Library (opens Google Maps) ↗Tarboro Town Common
A short drive up the road, Tarboro's town common was laid out in 1760 and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1970, at the center of the town's historic district.4
Directions to Tarboro Town Common (opens Google Maps) ↗Blount-Bridgers House
A Federal-style house built around 1808 and on the National Register since 1971, now a history museum on the first floor and an art gallery upstairs, with a permanent collection of work by Tarboro-born painter Hobson Pittman.56
Directions to Blount-Bridgers House (opens Google Maps) ↗
Your broker in Pitt County
Thinking about Bethel?
Travis Old is a North Carolina broker and licensed general contractor, with 20+ years in building and real estate. Ask about a listing, a lot, a septic permit or a flood map before you drive out.
Travis Old, Broker, Horizon Realty Group · NC Broker #334264