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Bedford Area School District, PA

16,198 Population
289.8 square miles 55.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±1.5 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 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,687 ±$1,792 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bedford County: $32,665 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,592 ±$4,933 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bedford County: $59,992 ±$3,266
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±1.2% (1,255  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bedford County: 11.6% 5,429 (±1% / ±448)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±1.2 (157,165  ±13,804) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bedford County: 26.5 527,635 (±0.8 / ±20,915)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,107 ±249 Number of households
  • Bedford County: 19,750 ±349
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (15,882  ±391) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 47,041 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±2% (118  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 4.4% † 401 (±1.2% / ±110)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,354 ±263 Number of housing units
  • Bedford County: 23,567 ±119
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$194,500 ±$15,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $179,000 ±$9,160
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±1.5% (1,014  ±241.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 6.9% † 3,261 (±0.9% / ±428.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±4.7% (11,523  ±657.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 90.5% 31,653 (±2.5% / ±877)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±2.3% (2,316  ±291.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bedford County: 16.1% 5,627 (±1.2% / ±417)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% ±0.6% (261  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bedford County: 1.2% 582
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1.1% (1,055  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bedford County: 7.9% 3,025 (±0.7% / ±263)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,055 Total veterans ±155 980 Male ±150 75 Female ±35

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