What is the population of Bedford city?

Bedford city has 1,389 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #230 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Bedford city?

Median household income in Bedford city is $57,031 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $663 a month and the median home value is $88,900, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.6× 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 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bedford, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bedford, Iowa (Bedford, IA — Census place “Bedford city”) is 1,389 residents, ranking #230 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $57,031, the median home is worth $88,900 and median gross rent runs $663 a month. Looking for the Bedford Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bedford, IA: 50833.

Population: 1,389Bedford city residents
Median household income: $57,031Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $88,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $663Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80.2%Owner-occupied households

Bedford ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bedford.

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

50833

What the numbers mean in Bedford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bedford city median would spend about 14% 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 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 80.2% 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, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bedford city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,389 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #230 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bedford city earn a median of $57,031 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa 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 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bedford city is valued at $88,900, 70.7% below the national figure and 43% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $663 a month, 52.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14% 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 1.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 80.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bedford city?: Bedford city has 1,389 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #230 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Bedford city?: Median household income in Bedford city is $57,031 a year, 27.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bedford city?: Median gross rent is $663 a month and the median home value is $88,900, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.
Is Bedford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.6× 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 14% 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. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.