Bedford Hills vs Buchanan

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

Bedford Hills and Buchanan are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buchanan has the higher population (2,296 vs 2,283 in Bedford Hills). Buchanan has the higher median household income ($127,375 vs $102,750 in Bedford Hills). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($492,000 vs $491,500 in Bedford Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
Population	2,283	2,296
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,750	$127,375
Median home value	$491,500	$492,000
Median gross rent	$2,036	$1,670
Housing units	997	849
Homeownership rate	59.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
Population	3,225 → 2,283 (-29.2%)	2,140 → 2,296 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$59,704 → $102,750 (+72.1%)	$109,375 → $127,375 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$503,500 → $491,500 (-2.4%)	$371,900 → $492,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $2,036 (+22.1%)	$1,497 → $1,670 (+11.6%)

Bedford Hills

Population

3,2252,283

Median household income

$59,704$102,750

Median home value

$503,500$491,500

Median gross rent

$1,668$2,036

Buchanan

Population

2,1402,296

Median household income

$109,375$127,375

Median home value

$371,900$492,000

Median gross rent

$1,497$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	17.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	57.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	26.5%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
No high school diploma	18.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	19.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
Drove alone	74.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	5.0%	4.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
1-unit, detached	36.1%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Hills	Buchanan
Poverty rate	14.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1957	1959