Bedford vs New Market

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

Bedford and New Market 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 407 in New Market). New Market has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $57,031 in Bedford). New Market has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $88,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	New Market
Population	1,389	407
Median age	41.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,031	$58,125
Median home value	$88,900	$92,000
Median gross rent	$663	$827
Housing units	704	229
Homeownership rate	80.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	New Market
Population	1,513 → 1,389 (-8.2%)	469 → 407 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$48,077 → $57,031 (+18.6%)	$48,523 → $58,125 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $88,900 (+44.3%)	$65,600 → $92,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$515 → $827 (+60.6%)

Bedford

Population

1,5131,389

Median household income

$48,077$57,031

Median home value

$61,600$88,900

Median gross rent

$586$663

New Market

Population

469407

Median household income

$48,523$58,125

Median home value

$65,600$92,000

Median gross rent

$515$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	New Market
Under 5	6.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.5%
75 and over	9.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	91.9%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	New Market
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	New Market
Drove alone	70.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	21.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	6.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	New Market
1-unit, detached	84.1%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	New Market
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1952	1946