Bedford vs Bedford Heights

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

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

Bedford has the higher population (12,960 vs 10,876 in Bedford Heights). Bedford has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $47,066 in Bedford Heights). Bedford Heights has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $124,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
Population	12,960	10,876
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$47,066
Median home value	$124,900	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,061	$977
Housing units	6,941	5,993
Homeownership rate	56.4%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
Population	12,631 → 12,960 (+2.6%)	10,565 → 10,876 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$46,020 → $56,563 (+22.9%)	$46,485 → $47,066 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $124,900 (+36.7%)	$102,600 → $137,500 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,061 (+24.8%)	$826 → $977 (+18.3%)

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

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
Under 5	5.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.5%
75 and over	9.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	14.1%
Black or African American	54.1%	77.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
Drove alone	82.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.7%
Public transit	3.0%	5.2%
Walked	1.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	12.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
1-unit, detached	61.5%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	11.8%	31.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Bedford Heights
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.15	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1958	1968