Bedford County vs Fauquier County

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

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

Bedford County has the higher population (80,254 vs 73,935 in Fauquier County). Fauquier County has the higher median household income ($129,495 vs $77,644 in Bedford County). Fauquier County has the higher median home value ($543,700 vs $276,600 in Bedford County).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
Population	80,254	73,935
Median age	47.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,644	$129,495
Median home value	$276,600	$543,700
Median gross rent	$955	$1,561
Housing units	37,383	28,454
Homeownership rate	84.2%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
Population	78,376 → 80,254 (+2.4%)	69,728 → 73,935 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$64,199 → $77,644 (+20.9%)	$100,783 → $129,495 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $276,600 (+37.0%)	$395,500 → $543,700 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $955 (+11.7%)	$1,281 → $1,561 (+21.9%)

Bedford County

Population

78,37680,254

Median household income

$64,199$77,644

Median home value

$201,900$276,600

Median gross rent

$855$955

Fauquier County

Population

69,72873,935

Median household income

$100,783$129,495

Median home value

$395,500$543,700

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.9%
75 and over	9.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	75.7%
Black or African American	6.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
Drove alone	80.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	15.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford County	Fauquier County
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1989	1986