Bedford vs Oolitic

A side-by-side comparison of Bedford and Oolitic: population, income, housing, and more.

Bedford and Oolitic are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bedford has the higher population (13,824 vs 1,461 in Oolitic). Oolitic has the higher median household income ($61,696 vs $50,253 in Bedford). Oolitic has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $136,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Oolitic
Population	13,824	1,461
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,253	$61,696
Median home value	$136,900	$141,700
Median gross rent	$819	$681
Housing units	6,831	705
Homeownership rate	66.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Oolitic
Population	13,272 → 13,824 (+4.2%)	1,088 → 1,461 (+34.3%)
Median household income	$43,700 → $50,253 (+15.0%)	$47,216 → $61,696 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $136,900 (+44.4%)	$94,300 → $141,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $819 (+20.6%)	$594 → $681 (+14.6%)

Bedford

Population

13,27213,824

Median household income

$43,700$50,253

Median home value

$94,800$136,900

Median gross rent

$679$819

Oolitic

Population

1,0881,461

Median household income

$47,216$61,696

Median home value

$94,300$141,700

Median gross rent

$594$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Oolitic
Under 5	4.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	21.2%
75 and over	11.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Oolitic
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	9.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Oolitic
No high school diploma	11.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Oolitic
Drove alone	82.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Oolitic
1-unit, detached	72.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Oolitic
Poverty rate	15.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1957	1965