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Census Tract 301.04, Bedford, VA

4,704 Population
5.6 square miles 842.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Forest: 39.2 ±2.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Bedford County: 47.2 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$41,368 ±$3,719 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Forest: $42,177 ±$3,705
  • a little less than the amount in Bedford County: $42,461 ±$1,633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$73,565 ±$5,107 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Forest: $81,552 ±$7,145
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bedford County: $78,937 ±$3,263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

4.8% ±2.5% (222  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Forest: 9.6% † 1,282 (±4.8% / ±647)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bedford County: 8.1% † 6,464 (±1.4% / ±1,118)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

20.8 minutes ±2 (43,280  ±7,964) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Forest: 21.9 † 116,970 (±2.6 / ±18,753)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 26.5 850,925 (±0.8 / ±40,166)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

1,982 ±176 Number of households
  • Forest: 5,358 ±287
  • Bedford County: 33,127 ±394
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.4 ±0.1 (4,703  ±456) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Forest: 2.5 13,353 (±0.2 / ±658)
  • about the same as the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 80,348 (±0 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

1.5% ±1.4% (14  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Forest: 0.4% † 14 (±0.4% / ±14)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bedford County: 5% † 804 (±1.5% / ±243)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

2,013 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Forest: 5,460 ±290
  • Bedford County: 37,484 ±66
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$275,200 ±$12,749 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Forest: $319,800 ±$15,122
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bedford County: $297,400 ±$9,741
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

8% ±3% (374  ±143.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Forest: 18.9% † 2,539 (±5% / ±686.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 10% † 8,018 (±1.5% / ±1,186.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

96.9% ±6.6% (3,385  ±383) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forest: 96% 8,753 (±5.4% / ±692.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 92.9% 55,190 (±2.6% / ±1,576.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
36% ±5.1% (1,258  ±211.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Forest: 45.6% 4,159 (±4.3% / ±453.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bedford County: 33.7% 20,015 (±1.6% / ±963.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

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

2% ±1.5% (96  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Forest: 3.9% † 528 (±1.3% / ±180)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bedford County: 2.8% 2,265
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

5.7% ±2.3% (217  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Forest: 7.4% † 792 (±2.4% / ±255)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bedford County: 8.3% 5,402 (±0.8% / ±500)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
217 Total veterans ±89 187 Male ±72 30 Female ±54

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