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Bedford, NY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Bedford, New York (Bedford, NY — Census place “Bedford CDP”) is 2,118 residents, ranking #605 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $250,001, the median home is worth $1,125,600 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Bedford New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bedford, NY: 10506.
- Population
- 2,118Bedford CDP residents
- Median household income
- $250,001Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,125,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 98.8%Owner-occupied households
Bedford ZIP codes (New York)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bedford.
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What the numbers mean in Bedford CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8% of residents and 98.8% 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 CDP, NY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bedford CDP is a small town in New York, with 2,118 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #605 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 43.4 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 CDP earn a median of $250,001 a year, 218.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 172% above the $91,806 median for the 847 New York 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 8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bedford CDP is valued at $1,125,600, 271% above the national figure and 256% above the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 98.8% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
The Census withheld gross rent for Bedford CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New York.
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- Hyde Park CDP 2,100
- Central Square village 2,136
- Nedrow CDP 2,086
- Crompond CDP 2,144
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bedford CDP?
- Bedford CDP has 2,118 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #605 of 1,292 in New York.
- What is the median household income in Bedford CDP?
- Median household income in Bedford CDP is $250,001 a year, 218.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bedford CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $1,125,600.
- Is Bedford CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bedford CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Bedford CDP 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.