Bedford Heights vs Olmsted Falls

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

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

Bedford Heights has the higher population (10,876 vs 8,640 in Olmsted Falls). Olmsted Falls has the higher median household income ($93,907 vs $47,066 in Bedford Heights). Olmsted Falls has the higher median home value ($214,800 vs $137,500 in Bedford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
Population	10,876	8,640
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,066	$93,907
Median home value	$137,500	$214,800
Median gross rent	$977	$1,142
Housing units	5,993	3,960
Homeownership rate	44.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
Population	10,565 → 10,876 (+2.9%)	8,883 → 8,640 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$46,485 → $47,066 (+1.2%)	$69,839 → $93,907 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $137,500 (+34.0%)	$158,600 → $214,800 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $977 (+18.3%)	$863 → $1,142 (+32.3%)

Bedford Heights

Population

10,56510,876

Median household income

$46,485$47,066

Median home value

$102,600$137,500

Median gross rent

$826$977

Olmsted Falls

Population

8,8838,640

Median household income

$69,839$93,907

Median home value

$158,600$214,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
Under 5	1.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.4%
75 and over	7.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	77.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	34.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
Drove alone	69.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.9%
Public transit	5.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	18.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
1-unit, detached	44.6%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	10.1%
20 or more units	31.9%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Heights	Olmsted Falls
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.9%
Average household size	1.89	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1968	1980