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Bedford Area School District, PA

16,120 Population
289.8 square miles 55.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little 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

$34,264 ±$1,867 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bedford County: $32,550 ±$1,060
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$60,329 ±$6,044 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Bedford County: $60,302 ±$2,592
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.2% ±1.5% (1,288  ±231) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bedford County: 11% 5,151 (±1% / ±448)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.6 minutes ±0.8 (150,850  ±11,644) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 26.3 539,705 (±0.5 / ±17,439)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,995 ±249 Number of households
  • Bedford County: 19,763 ±300
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (15,769  ±466) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 47,034 (±0 / ±21)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4% ±1.9% (117  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bedford County: 5.7% † 515 (±1.8% / ±163)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

8,189 ±276 Number of housing units
  • Bedford County: 23,568 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$190,700 ±$9,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $172,900 ±$4,678
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.9% ±2.1% (1,427  ±345.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 8.6% † 4,022 (±1.1% / ±533.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.5% ±4.2% (11,416  ±601.9) 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)
19.5% ±2.2% (2,402  ±274.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

1.5% ±0.6% (233  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bedford County: 1.1% 519
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.1% ±1.3% (1,085  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bedford County: 8.1% 3,104 (±0.6% / ±240)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,085 Total veterans ±174 1,032 Male ±170 53 Female ±32

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