Bedford vs Stonerstown

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

Bedford and Stonerstown 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 404 in Stonerstown). Stonerstown has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $50,570 in Bedford). Bedford has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $131,100 in Stonerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Stonerstown
Population	2,851	404
Median age	52.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,570	$60,938
Median home value	$182,300	$131,100
Median gross rent	$674	—
Housing units	1,629	209
Homeownership rate	48.3%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Stonerstown
Population	2,718 → 2,851 (+4.9%)	382 → 404 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$49,844 → $50,570 (+1.5%)	$35,833 → $60,938 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $182,300 (+25.3%)	$100,300 → $131,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $674 (+4.2%)	$692 → $738 (+6.6%)

Bedford

Population

2,7182,851

Median household income

$49,844$50,570

Median home value

$145,500$182,300

Median gross rent

$647$674

Stonerstown

Population

382404

Median household income

$35,833$60,938

Median home value

$100,300$131,100

Median gross rent

$692$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Stonerstown
Under 5	2.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.9%
75 and over	15.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Stonerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Stonerstown
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Stonerstown
Drove alone	86.5%	64.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Stonerstown
1-unit, detached	45.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Stonerstown
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	38
Median year structure built	1950	1960