Bedford Hills vs Yorktown Heights

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

Bedford Hills and Yorktown Heights 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 2,038 in Yorktown Heights). Yorktown Heights has the higher median household income ($138,750 vs $102,750 in Bedford Hills). Yorktown Heights has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $491,500 in Bedford Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
Population	2,283	2,038
Median age	45.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$102,750	$138,750
Median home value	$491,500	$600,800
Median gross rent	$2,036	—
Housing units	997	718
Homeownership rate	59.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
Population	3,225 → 2,283 (-29.2%)	1,393 → 2,038 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$59,704 → $102,750 (+72.1%)	$52,301 → $138,750 (+165.3%)
Median home value	$503,500 → $491,500 (-2.4%)	$406,500 → $600,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,668 → $2,036 (+22.1%)	—

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

Yorktown Heights

Population

1,3932,038

Median household income

$52,301$138,750

Median home value

$406,500$600,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
Under 5	6.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	17.8%
75 and over	17.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
No high school diploma	18.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	19.4%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
Drove alone	74.1%	57.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.5%
Public transit	5.0%	8.6%
Walked	1.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
1-unit, detached	36.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Hills	Yorktown Heights
Poverty rate	14.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1957	1953