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Bedford, PA

2,855 Population
1.1 square miles 2,631.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bedford County: 47.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,204 ±$3,553 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bedford County: $31,269 ±$909
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$48,342 ±$14,839 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bedford County: $58,337 ±$2,606
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

9.4% ±3.9% (269  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 10.8% † 5,071 (±1.2% / ±539)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

16.4 minutes ±2.7 (24,760  ±5,431) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Bedford County: 26.5 544,520 (±0.7 / ±20,062)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

1,367 ±165 Number of households
  • Bedford County: 19,571 ±348
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.1 ±0.3 (2,846  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 47,148 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

3% ±3.5% (16  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bedford County: 5.2% † 477 (±1.4% / ±129)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

1,599 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Bedford County: 23,547 ±64
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$170,500 ±$11,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Bedford County: $165,200 ±$4,609
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

8.6% ±4.3% (244  ±,120.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 8.3% † 3,931 (±1.1% / ±,493.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

92.8% ±11.3% (1,998  ±,286.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 90.3% 31,504 (±2.4% / ±,830.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
23.9% ±5.3% (515  ±,119.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bedford County: 16.1% 5,616 (±1.2% / ±,433.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

1.5% ±1.8% (43  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bedford County: 1% 485
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

7% ±3.2% (167  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 8.2% 3,163 (±0.8% / ±296)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
167 Total veterans ±76 158 Male ±74 9 Female ±15

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