What is the population of Bedford city?

Bedford city has 13,824 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Bedford city?

Median household income in Bedford city is $50,253 a year, 36% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bedford city?

Median gross rent is $819 a month and the median home value is $136,900, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.

Is Bedford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bedford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bedford, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bedford, Indiana (Bedford, IN — Census place “Bedford city”) is 13,824 residents, ranking #65 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $50,253, the median home is worth $136,900 and median gross rent runs $819 a month. Looking for the Bedford Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bedford, IN: 47421.

Population: 13,824Bedford city residents
Median household income: $50,253Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $136,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $819Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66%Owner-occupied households

Bedford ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bedford.

The Bedford IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

47421

What the numbers mean in Bedford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bedford city median would spend about 19.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.4% of residents and 66% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bedford city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bedford city is a mid-size town in Indiana, with 13,824 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #65 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bedford city earn a median of $50,253 a year, 36% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 15.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bedford city is valued at $136,900, 54.9% below the national figure and 6% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $819 a month, 41.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,828 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Bedford city?: Bedford city has 13,824 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Bedford city?: Median household income in Bedford city is $50,253 a year, 36% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bedford city?: Median gross rent is $819 a month and the median home value is $136,900, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.
Is Bedford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bedford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bedford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.