Beachwood vs Bedford

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

Beachwood and Bedford are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beachwood has the higher population (13,850 vs 12,960 in Bedford). Beachwood has the higher median household income ($102,798 vs $56,563 in Bedford). Beachwood has the higher median home value ($381,600 vs $124,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Beachwood	Bedford
Population	13,850	12,960
Median age	49.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,798	$56,563
Median home value	$381,600	$124,900
Median gross rent	$1,941	$1,061
Housing units	6,908	6,941
Homeownership rate	55.3%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beachwood	Bedford
Population	11,663 → 13,850 (+18.8%)	12,631 → 12,960 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$89,190 → $102,798 (+15.3%)	$46,020 → $56,563 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$302,500 → $381,600 (+26.1%)	$91,400 → $124,900 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,734 → $1,941 (+11.9%)	$850 → $1,061 (+24.8%)

Beachwood

Population

11,66313,850

Median household income

$89,190$102,798

Median home value

$302,500$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,941

Bedford

Population

12,63112,960

Median household income

$46,020$56,563

Median home value

$91,400$124,900

Median gross rent

$850$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beachwood	Bedford
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.1%
75 and over	15.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beachwood	Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	38.8%
Black or African American	9.9%	54.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beachwood	Bedford
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	13.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beachwood	Bedford
Drove alone	65.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.9%
Public transit	1.5%	3.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beachwood	Bedford
1-unit, detached	45.5%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	43.1%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beachwood	Bedford
Poverty rate	3.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1975	1958