Bedford vs Earlston

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

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

Bedford has the higher population (2,851 vs 1,145 in Earlston). Earlston has the higher median household income ($69,766 vs $50,570 in Bedford). Bedford has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $157,200 in Earlston).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Earlston
Population	2,851	1,145
Median age	52.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,570	$69,766
Median home value	$182,300	$157,200
Median gross rent	$674	$708
Housing units	1,629	509
Homeownership rate	48.3%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Earlston
Population	2,718 → 2,851 (+4.9%)	1,241 → 1,145 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$49,844 → $50,570 (+1.5%)	$51,316 → $69,766 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $182,300 (+25.3%)	$97,400 → $157,200 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $674 (+4.2%)	$635 → $708 (+11.5%)

Bedford

Population

2,7182,851

Median household income

$49,844$50,570

Median home value

$145,500$182,300

Median gross rent

$647$674

Earlston

Population

1,2411,145

Median household income

$51,316$69,766

Median home value

$97,400$157,200

Median gross rent

$635$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Earlston
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	19.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	4.6%
75 and over	15.2%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Earlston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Earlston
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Earlston
Drove alone	86.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Earlston
1-unit, detached	45.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Earlston
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1950	1964