Bedford vs Seven Hills

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

Bedford and Seven Hills 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 11,628 in Seven Hills). Seven Hills has the higher median household income ($95,313 vs $56,563 in Bedford). Seven Hills has the higher median home value ($239,600 vs $124,900 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Seven Hills
Population	12,960	11,628
Median age	42.6 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$95,313
Median home value	$124,900	$239,600
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,500
Housing units	6,941	5,009
Homeownership rate	56.4%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Seven Hills
Population	12,631 → 12,960 (+2.6%)	11,638 → 11,628 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$46,020 → $56,563 (+22.9%)	$82,255 → $95,313 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $124,900 (+36.7%)	$174,400 → $239,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,061 (+24.8%)	$1,207 → $1,500 (+24.3%)

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

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	Seven Hills
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.0%
75 and over	9.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Seven Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	89.1%
Black or African American	54.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Seven Hills
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Seven Hills
Drove alone	82.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.6%
Public transit	3.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	15.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Seven Hills
1-unit, detached	61.5%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Seven Hills
Poverty rate	11.8%	4.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1966