Bedford Hills vs Katonah

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

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

Bedford Hills has the higher population (2,283 vs 2,016 in Katonah). Katonah has the higher median household income ($201,806 vs $102,750 in Bedford Hills). Katonah has the higher median home value ($710,700 vs $491,500 in Bedford Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
Population	2,283	2,016
Median age	45.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,750	$201,806
Median home value	$491,500	$710,700
Median gross rent	$2,036	$3,501
Housing units	997	698
Homeownership rate	59.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	73.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
Population	3,225 → 2,283 (-29.2%)	1,761 → 2,016 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$59,704 → $102,750 (+72.1%)	$173,942 → $201,806 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$503,500 → $491,500 (-2.4%)	$731,900 → $710,700 (-2.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $2,036 (+22.1%)	$1,992 → $3,501 (+75.8%)

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

Katonah

Population

1,7612,016

Median household income

$173,942$201,806

Median home value

$731,900$710,700

Median gross rent

$1,992$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
Under 5	6.4%	12.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.1%
75 and over	17.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
No high school diploma	18.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
Drove alone	74.1%	54.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.8%
Public transit	5.0%	5.8%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	26.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
1-unit, detached	36.1%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Hills	Katonah
Poverty rate	14.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.53	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1957	1946