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Bedford, VA

7,724 Population
8.7 square miles 885.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.5 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: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$32,315 ±$4,395 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $35,668 ±$792
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$70,288 ±$12,886 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $68,996 ±$1,640
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

12.2% ±5% (902  ±369) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 12.3% 30,738 (±0.8% / ±1,958)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

20.3 minutes ±3.1 (63,720  ±12,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 22.8 2,425,055 (±0.5 / ±66,537)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

3,065 ±358 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 103,401 ±1,033
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.4 ±0.3 (7,361  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 250,529 (±0 / ±222)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

5.8% ±4% (91  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5% † 3,099 (±0.7% / ±456)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

3,379 ±375 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 119,048 ±120
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$222,500 ±$19,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$4,328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

7.8% ±2.6% (596  ±197.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 13.4% 35,072 (±0.8% / ±2,171.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

90.6% ±6.4% (5,026  ±528.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 91.4% 163,116 (±1.5% / ±2,648.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
27.9% ±4.5% (1,547  ±277.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 31.1% 55,520 (±0.9% / ±1,593.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.5% ±1.5% (189  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.4% 8,847
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

8.6% ±3% (522  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,804 (±0.4% / ±848)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
522 Total veterans ±186 522 Male ±186 N/A Female ±19

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