Bedford Heights vs Seven Hills

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

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

Seven Hills has the higher population (11,628 vs 10,876 in Bedford Heights). Seven Hills has the higher median household income ($95,313 vs $47,066 in Bedford Heights). Seven Hills has the higher median home value ($239,600 vs $137,500 in Bedford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
Population	10,876	11,628
Median age	43.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,066	$95,313
Median home value	$137,500	$239,600
Median gross rent	$977	$1,500
Housing units	5,993	5,009
Homeownership rate	44.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
Population	10,565 → 10,876 (+2.9%)	11,638 → 11,628 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$46,485 → $47,066 (+1.2%)	$82,255 → $95,313 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $137,500 (+34.0%)	$174,400 → $239,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $977 (+18.3%)	$1,207 → $1,500 (+24.3%)

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

Seven Hills

Population

11,63811,628

Median household income

$82,255$95,313

Median home value

$174,400$239,600

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
Under 5	1.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	9.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.0%
75 and over	7.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	77.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
Drove alone	69.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.6%
Public transit	5.2%	0.3%
Walked	3.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	15.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
1-unit, detached	44.6%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	31.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford Heights	Seven Hills
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.6%
Average household size	1.89	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1968	1966