Bedford vs Warrensville Heights

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

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

Warrensville Heights has the higher population (13,585 vs 12,960 in Bedford). Bedford has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $49,256 in Warrensville Heights). Bedford has the higher median home value ($124,900 vs $111,200 in Warrensville Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
Population	12,960	13,585
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$49,256
Median home value	$124,900	$111,200
Median gross rent	$1,061	$952
Housing units	6,941	6,924
Homeownership rate	56.4%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
Population	12,631 → 12,960 (+2.6%)	13,203 → 13,585 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$46,020 → $56,563 (+22.9%)	$38,433 → $49,256 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $124,900 (+36.7%)	$81,000 → $111,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,061 (+24.8%)	$835 → $952 (+14.0%)

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

Warrensville Heights

Population

13,20313,585

Median household income

$38,433$49,256

Median home value

$81,000$111,200

Median gross rent

$835$952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
Under 5	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.1%
75 and over	9.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	4.1%
Black or African American	54.1%	92.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
No high school diploma	7.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
Drove alone	82.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.9%
Public transit	3.0%	10.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
1-unit, detached	61.5%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	28.8%
20 or more units	11.8%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Warrensville Heights
Poverty rate	11.8%	21.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1958	1961