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Bedford, PA

2,851 Population
1.1 square miles 2,627.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bedford County: 47.5 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,103 ±$3,630 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $32,550 ±$1,060
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$50,570 ±$12,703 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bedford County: $60,302 ±$2,592
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.9% ±3.7% (283  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 11% 5,151 (±1% / ±448)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

15.1 minutes ±2.1 (21,860  ±4,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Bedford County: 26.3 539,705 (±0.5 / ±17,439)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,446 ±164 Number of households
  • Bedford County: 19,763 ±300
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2 ±0.2 (2,843  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 47,034 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3% ±3.6% (15  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bedford County: 5.7% † 515 (±1.8% / ±163)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,629 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Bedford County: 23,568 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$182,300 ±$26,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Bedford County: $172,900 ±$4,678
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.8% ±3.7% (221  ±104.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 8.6% † 4,022 (±1.1% / ±533.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.9% ±11.5% (2,023  ±284.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 90% 31,405 (±2.5% / ±869.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.9% ±5% (477  ±113.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bedford County: 16.4% 5,707 (±1.2% / ±418.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

3.4% ±2.1% (98  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Bedford County: 1.1% 519
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.9% ±3.7% (219  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bedford County: 8.1% 3,104 (±0.6% / ±240)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
219 Total veterans ±91 196 Male ±84 23 Female ±27

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