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Bedford township, Bedford County, PA

5,098 Population
68.1 square miles 74.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bedford County: 47.5 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,345 ±$4,991 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $32,665 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,136 ±$22,314 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Bedford County: $59,992 ±$3,266
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.9% ±1.7% (92  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Bedford County: 11.6% 5,429 (±1% / ±448)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±2.9 (45,885  ±8,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Bedford County: 26.5 527,635 (±0.8 / ±20,915)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,404 ±224 Number of households
  • Bedford County: 19,750 ±349
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (4,903  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 47,041 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±5.5% (52  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bedford County: 4.4% † 401 (±1.2% / ±110)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,760 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Bedford County: 23,567 ±119
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,000 ±$37,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $179,000 ±$9,160
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±3.9% (363  ±195.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 6.9% † 3,261 (±0.9% / ±428.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±11.8% (4,047  ±559) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 90.5% 31,653 (±2.5% / ±877)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.3% ±5.6% (821  ±243.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bedford County: 16.1% 5,627 (±1.2% / ±417)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% ±0.8% (52  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 1.2% 582
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2.7% (243  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bedford County: 7.9% 3,025 (±0.7% / ±263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
243 Total veterans ±121 243 Male ±121 N/A Female ±17

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