Bedford Hills vs Shrub Oak

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

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

Shrub Oak has the higher population (2,770 vs 2,283 in Bedford Hills). Shrub Oak has the higher median household income ($170,225 vs $102,750 in Bedford Hills). Shrub Oak has the higher median home value ($498,800 vs $491,500 in Bedford Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
Population	2,283	2,770
Median age	45.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,750	$170,225
Median home value	$491,500	$498,800
Median gross rent	$2,036	$1,298
Housing units	997	1,083
Homeownership rate	59.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
Population	3,225 → 2,283 (-29.2%)	2,861 → 2,770 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$59,704 → $102,750 (+72.1%)	$112,083 → $170,225 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$503,500 → $491,500 (-2.4%)	$347,800 → $498,800 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $2,036 (+22.1%)	$1,799 → $1,298 (-27.8%)

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

Shrub Oak

Population

2,8612,770

Median household income

$112,083$170,225

Median home value

$347,800$498,800

Median gross rent

$1,799$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	17.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.5%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
No high school diploma	18.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
Drove alone	74.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.2%
Public transit	5.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
1-unit, detached	36.1%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	15.1%
20 or more units	9.4%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Hills	Shrub Oak
Poverty rate	14.0%	0.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1957	1966