Bedford County vs Venango County

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

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

Venango County has the higher population (50,096 vs 47,503 in Bedford County). Venango County has the higher median household income ($61,626 vs $60,302 in Bedford County). Bedford County has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $114,500 in Venango County).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford County	Venango County
Population	47,503	50,096
Median age	47.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,302	$61,626
Median home value	$172,900	$114,500
Median gross rent	$771	$774
Housing units	23,568	26,203
Homeownership rate	78.1%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford County	Venango County
Population	48,337 → 47,503 (-1.7%)	51,818 → 50,096 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$50,509 → $60,302 (+19.4%)	$49,945 → $61,626 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $172,900 (+26.5%)	$89,400 → $114,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $771 (+11.6%)	$622 → $774 (+24.4%)

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

Venango County

Population

51,81850,096

Median household income

$49,945$61,626

Median home value

$89,400$114,500

Median gross rent

$622$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford County	Venango County
Under 5	5.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	14.6%
75 and over	10.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford County	Venango County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford County	Venango County
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford County	Venango County
Drove alone	79.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford County	Venango County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Bedford County	Venango County
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1971	1959