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Bedford County, PA

47,503 Population
1,012 square miles 46.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,550 ±$1,060 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,302 ±$2,592 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

11% ±1% (5,151  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.3 minutes ±0.5 (539,705  ±17,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,763 ±300 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0 (47,034  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.7% ±1.8% (515  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,568 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$172,900 ±$4,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.6% ±1.1% (4,022  ±533.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90% ±2.5% (31,405  ±869.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.4% ±1.2% (5,707  ±418.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% (519  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.1% ±0.6% (3,104  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,104 Total veterans ±240 2,878 Male ±222 226 Female ±81

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