Bedford vs Yorktown Heights

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

Bedford 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 has the higher population (2,118 vs 2,038 in Yorktown Heights). Bedford has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $138,750 in Yorktown Heights). Bedford has the higher median home value ($1,125,600 vs $600,800 in Yorktown Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
Population	2,118	2,038
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$138,750
Median home value	$1,125,600	$600,800
Housing units	846	718
Homeownership rate	98.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.4%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
Population	1,705 → 2,118 (+24.2%)	1,393 → 2,038 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$185,114 → $250,001 (+35.1%)	$52,301 → $138,750 (+165.3%)
Median home value	$887,500 → $1,125,600 (+26.8%)	$406,500 → $600,800 (+47.8%)

Bedford

Population

1,7052,118

Median household income

$185,114$250,001

Median home value

$887,500$1,125,600

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	Yorktown Heights
Under 5	8.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.8%
75 and over	7.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
No high school diploma	0.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	7.6%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	8.1%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	42.5%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
Drove alone	40.0%	57.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	10.5%
Public transit	14.9%	8.6%
Walked	1.3%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.6%	17.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Yorktown Heights
Poverty rate	8.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	45	36
Median year structure built	1967	1953