Bedford vs Gravity

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

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

Bedford has the higher population (1,389 vs 171 in Gravity). Bedford has the higher median household income ($57,031 vs $51,071 in Gravity). Bedford has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $48,600 in Gravity).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Gravity
Population	1,389	171
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,031	$51,071
Median home value	$88,900	$48,600
Median gross rent	$663	$800
Housing units	704	97
Homeownership rate	80.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Gravity
Population	1,513 → 1,389 (-8.2%)	146 → 171 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$48,077 → $57,031 (+18.6%)	$37,000 → $51,071 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $88,900 (+44.3%)	$30,000 → $48,600 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$610 → $800 (+31.1%)

Bedford

Population

1,5131,389

Median household income

$48,077$57,031

Median home value

$61,600$88,900

Median gross rent

$586$663

Gravity

Population

146171

Median household income

$37,000$51,071

Median home value

$30,000$48,600

Median gross rent

$610$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Gravity
Under 5	6.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.0%
75 and over	9.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Gravity
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Gravity
No high school diploma	9.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Gravity
Drove alone	70.2%	72.9%
Carpooled	21.3%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Gravity
1-unit, detached	84.1%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Gravity
Poverty rate	10.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1952	1938