Bedford vs Katonah

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

Bedford 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 has the higher population (2,118 vs 2,016 in Katonah). Bedford has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $201,806 in Katonah). Bedford has the higher median home value ($1,125,600 vs $710,700 in Katonah).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Katonah
Population	2,118	2,016
Median age	43.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$201,806
Median home value	$1,125,600	$710,700
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	846	698
Homeownership rate	98.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.4%	73.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Katonah
Population	1,705 → 2,118 (+24.2%)	1,761 → 2,016 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$185,114 → $250,001 (+35.1%)	$173,942 → $201,806 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$887,500 → $1,125,600 (+26.8%)	$731,900 → $710,700 (-2.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,992 → $3,501 (+75.8%)

Bedford

Population

1,7052,118

Median household income

$185,114$250,001

Median home value

$887,500$1,125,600

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	Katonah
Under 5	8.5%	12.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.1%
75 and over	7.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Katonah
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Katonah
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	7.6%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	8.1%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	42.5%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Katonah
Drove alone	40.0%	54.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.8%
Public transit	14.9%	5.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.6%	26.0%
Other means	2.1%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Katonah
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Katonah
Poverty rate	8.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.76	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	45	32
Median year structure built	1967	1946