Bedford vs Mansfield

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

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

Mansfield has the higher population (75,398 vs 49,191 in Bedford). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($116,590 vs $81,393 in Bedford). Mansfield has the higher median home value ($380,000 vs $322,300 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Mansfield
Population	49,191	75,398
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,393	$116,590
Median home value	$322,300	$380,000
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,798
Housing units	21,600	25,978
Homeownership rate	51.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Mansfield
Population	49,323 → 49,191 (-0.3%)	69,557 → 75,398 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$70,362 → $81,393 (+15.7%)	$99,510 → $116,590 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $322,300 (+48.3%)	$257,100 → $380,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,429 (+28.0%)	$1,428 → $1,798 (+25.9%)

Bedford

Population

49,32349,191

Median household income

$70,362$81,393

Median home value

$217,300$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,429

Mansfield

Population

69,55775,398

Median household income

$99,510$116,590

Median home value

$257,100$380,000

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Mansfield
Under 5	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.5%
75 and over	7.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	50.5%
Black or African American	13.1%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.0%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Mansfield
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	19.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Mansfield
Drove alone	74.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	13.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	54.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	8.7%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Mansfield
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.37	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1983	2004