Bedford vs Brecksville

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

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

Brecksville has the higher population (13,656 vs 12,960 in Bedford). Brecksville has the higher median household income ($126,888 vs $56,563 in Bedford). Brecksville has the higher median home value ($360,100 vs $124,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Brecksville
Population	12,960	13,656
Median age	42.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$126,888
Median home value	$124,900	$360,100
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,448
Housing units	6,941	5,922
Homeownership rate	56.4%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Brecksville
Population	12,631 → 12,960 (+2.6%)	13,537 → 13,656 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$46,020 → $56,563 (+22.9%)	$108,606 → $126,888 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $124,900 (+36.7%)	$283,000 → $360,100 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,061 (+24.8%)	$1,582 → $1,448 (-8.5%)

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

Brecksville

Population

13,53713,656

Median household income

$108,606$126,888

Median home value

$283,000$360,100

Median gross rent

$1,582$1,448

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Brecksville
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.7%
75 and over	9.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Brecksville
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	54.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Brecksville
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Brecksville
Drove alone	82.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.8%
Public transit	3.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	20.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Brecksville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	11.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Brecksville
Poverty rate	11.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1958	1973