Bedford County vs Mifflin County

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

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

Bedford County has the higher population (47,503 vs 46,074 in Mifflin County). Mifflin County has the higher median household income ($61,415 vs $60,302 in Bedford County). Bedford County has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $142,900 in Mifflin County).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
Population	47,503	46,074
Median age	47.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,302	$61,415
Median home value	$172,900	$142,900
Median gross rent	$771	$792
Housing units	23,568	21,425
Homeownership rate	78.1%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
Population	48,337 → 47,503 (-1.7%)	46,276 → 46,074 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$50,509 → $60,302 (+19.4%)	$50,219 → $61,415 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $172,900 (+26.5%)	$117,900 → $142,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $771 (+11.6%)	$682 → $792 (+16.1%)

Bedford County

Population

48,33747,503

Median household income

$50,509$60,302

Median home value

$136,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$691$771

Mifflin County

Population

46,27646,074

Median household income

$50,219$61,415

Median home value

$117,900$142,900

Median gross rent

$682$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.1%
75 and over	10.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
No high school diploma	10.0%	15.6%
High school graduate	48.4%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
Drove alone	79.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Bedford County	Mifflin County
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1971	1960