Bedford vs Montvale

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

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

Bedford has the higher population (6,703 vs 379 in Montvale). Bedford has the higher median household income ($47,697 vs $41,732 in Montvale). Montvale has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $192,600 in Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Montvale
Population	6,703	379
Median age	43.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,697	$41,732
Median home value	$192,600	$212,500
Median gross rent	$876	—
Housing units	3,246	225
Homeownership rate	55.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Montvale
Population	6,562 → 6,703 (+2.1%)	608 → 379 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$36,364 → $47,697 (+31.2%)	$34,280 → $41,732 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $192,600 (+33.0%)	$122,700 → $212,500 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $876 (+14.4%)	—

Bedford

Population

6,5626,703

Median household income

$36,364$47,697

Median home value

$144,800$192,600

Median gross rent

$766$876

Montvale

Population

608379

Median household income

$34,280$41,732

Median home value

$122,700$212,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Montvale
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	26.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	20.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	24.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	3.2%
75 and over	8.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Montvale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	97.4%
Black or African American	15.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Montvale
No high school diploma	15.4%	45.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	3.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Montvale
Drove alone	79.8%	64.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	17.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Montvale
1-unit, detached	62.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Montvale
Poverty rate	20.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.17	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	49
Median year structure built	1969	1974