Bedford vs Brooklyn

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

Bedford and Brooklyn 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 11,203 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($69,535 vs $56,563 in Bedford). Brooklyn has the higher median home value ($153,000 vs $124,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Brooklyn
Population	12,960	11,203
Median age	42.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$69,535
Median home value	$124,900	$153,000
Median gross rent	$1,061	$944
Housing units	6,941	5,253
Homeownership rate	56.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Brooklyn
Population	12,631 → 12,960 (+2.6%)	10,773 → 11,203 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$46,020 → $56,563 (+22.9%)	$48,552 → $69,535 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $124,900 (+36.7%)	$110,600 → $153,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,061 (+24.8%)	$733 → $944 (+28.8%)

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

Brooklyn

Population

10,77311,203

Median household income

$48,552$69,535

Median home value

$110,600$153,000

Median gross rent

$733$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Brooklyn
Under 5	5.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.7%
75 and over	9.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Brooklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	59.5%
Black or African American	54.1%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Brooklyn
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Brooklyn
Drove alone	82.3%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.1%
Public transit	3.0%	3.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Brooklyn
1-unit, detached	61.5%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	8.1%
20 or more units	11.8%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Brooklyn
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1960