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Bedford, VA

6,703 Population
8.7 square miles 768.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,729 ±$3,962 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $35,474 ±$759
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$47,697 ±$8,087 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $67,782 ±$1,485
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

20.4% ±6.7% (1,300  ±429) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 11.7% 29,183 (±0.8% / ±1,986)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

20.4 minutes ±1.9 (57,770  ±9,285) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 22.9 2,482,615 (±0.3 / ±57,624)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,930 ±218 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 102,730 ±1,035
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.2 (6,359  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 249,676 (±0 / ±245)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

7.5% ±5.1% (114  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,205 (±0.7% / ±415)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

3,246 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 118,436 ±152
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$192,600 ±$20,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $224,600 ±$3,847
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

13.7% ±5% (904  ±331.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 13.6% 35,370 (±0.8% / ±1,989.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

84.6% ±8.4% (4,105  ±477.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 90.9% 161,157 (±1.5% / ±2,646.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
19.5% ±4.2% (946  ±211.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 30.9% 54,716 (±0.8% / ±1,449)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

3.1% ±2% (209  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.2% 8,476
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

4.8% ±2% (264  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 8% 16,828 (±0.4% / ±887)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
264 Total veterans ±110 264 Male ±110 N/A Female ±19

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