Bedford vs Stewartsville

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

Bedford and Stewartsville 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 434 in Stewartsville). Stewartsville has the higher median household income ($91,759 vs $47,697 in Bedford). Since 2019, Bedford's population has grown faster (+2.1% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Stewartsville
Population	6,703	434
Median age	43.6 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,697	$91,759
Median home value	$192,600	—
Median gross rent	$876	—
Housing units	3,246	291
Homeownership rate	55.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Stewartsville
Population	6,562 → 6,703 (+2.1%)	452 → 434 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$36,364 → $47,697 (+31.2%)	$71,964 → $91,759 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $192,600 (+33.0%)	$89,200 → $155,400 (+74.2%)
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

Stewartsville

Population

452434

Median household income

$71,964$91,759

Median home value

$89,200$155,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Stewartsville
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	21.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	1.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	25.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	18.2%
75 and over	8.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Stewartsville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	95.9%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Stewartsville
No high school diploma	15.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Stewartsville
Drove alone	79.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	15.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Stewartsville
1-unit, detached	62.3%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Stewartsville
Poverty rate	20.4%	19.1%
Average household size	2.17	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1969	1950