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Census Tract 501.01, Bedford, VA

2,961 Population
3.1 square miles 967.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bedford: 44.6 ±3.5
  • a little less than the figure in Bedford County: 47.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$28,167 ±$4,657 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bedford: $32,315 † ±$4,395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bedford County: $42,461 ±$1,633
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$49,508 ±$8,919 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bedford: $70,288 † ±$12,886
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bedford County: $78,937 ±$3,263
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

20.9% ±10.1% (606  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bedford: 12.2% † 902 (±5% / ±369)
  • more than double the rate in Bedford County: 8.1% † 6,464 (±1.4% / ±1,118)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

20 minutes ±2.2 (26,580  ±9,982) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bedford: 20.3 † 63,720 (±3.1 / ±12,599)
  • about three-quarters 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

1,301 ±269 Number of households
  • Bedford: 3,065 † ±358
  • Bedford County: 33,127 ±394
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.2 ±0.1 (2,898  ±625) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bedford: 2.4 † 7,361 (±0.3 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 80,348 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

0.7% ±1.2% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Bedford: 5.8% † 91 (±4% / ±63)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Bedford County: 5% † 804 (±1.5% / ±243)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

1,465 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Bedford: 3,379 † ±375
  • Bedford County: 37,484 ±66
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$192,200 ±$19,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bedford: $222,500 ±$19,246
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bedford County: $297,400 ±$9,741
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

11.9% ±5.2% (353  ±170) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bedford: 7.8% † 596 (±2.6% / ±197.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bedford County: 10% † 8,018 (±1.5% / ±1,186.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

90.2% ±24.8% (1,982  ±353.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bedford: 90.6% 5,026 (±6.4% / ±528.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Bedford County: 92.9% 55,190 (±2.6% / ±1,576.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
11.5% ±4.1% (253  ±104.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bedford: 27.9% † 1,547 (±4.5% / ±277.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Bedford County: 33.7% 20,015 (±1.6% / ±963.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

4.6% ±3.5% (136  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Bedford: 2.5% † 189 (±1.5% / ±115)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bedford County: 2.8% 2,265
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

5.5% ±3.1% (136  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bedford: 8.6% † 522 (±3% / ±186)
  • 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)
136 Total veterans ±82 136 Male ±82 N/A Female ±13

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