Bedford vs Lenox

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

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

Lenox has the higher population (1,474 vs 1,389 in Bedford). Lenox has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $57,031 in Bedford). Lenox has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $88,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Lenox
Population	1,389	1,474
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,031	$59,750
Median home value	$88,900	$106,000
Median gross rent	$663	$759
Housing units	704	671
Homeownership rate	80.2%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Lenox
Population	1,513 → 1,389 (-8.2%)	1,437 → 1,474 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$48,077 → $57,031 (+18.6%)	$41,544 → $59,750 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $88,900 (+44.3%)	$85,800 → $106,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$472 → $759 (+60.8%)

Bedford

Population

1,5131,389

Median household income

$48,077$57,031

Median home value

$61,600$88,900

Median gross rent

$586$663

Lenox

Population

1,4371,474

Median household income

$41,544$59,750

Median home value

$85,800$106,000

Median gross rent

$472$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Lenox
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.2%
75 and over	9.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	70.4%
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%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Lenox
No high school diploma	9.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Lenox
Drove alone	70.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	21.3%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Lenox
1-unit, detached	84.1%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Lenox
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1952	1965