Bedford County vs Perry County

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

Bedford County and Perry 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 45,988 in Perry County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($78,824 vs $60,302 in Bedford County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($222,800 vs $172,900 in Bedford County).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford County	Perry County
Population	47,503	45,988
Median age	47.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,302	$78,824
Median home value	$172,900	$222,800
Median gross rent	$771	$838
Housing units	23,568	20,010
Homeownership rate	78.1%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford County	Perry County
Population	48,337 → 47,503 (-1.7%)	46,053 → 45,988 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$50,509 → $60,302 (+19.4%)	$63,718 → $78,824 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $172,900 (+26.5%)	$169,300 → $222,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $771 (+11.6%)	$792 → $838 (+5.8%)

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

Perry County

Population

46,05345,988

Median household income

$63,718$78,824

Median home value

$169,300$222,800

Median gross rent

$792$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford County	Perry County
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.4%
75 and over	10.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford County	Perry County
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	48.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford County	Perry County
Drove alone	79.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford County	Perry County
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1971	1977