Bedford is home to 13,837 people in Indiana. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $152,400. The foreign-born share is 1%. Households here earn about 31% less than in Indiana as a whole. Households take in $49,553 at the median, 40% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,553, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bedford
What changed most since 1990
White share98.2% → 93.5%(−4.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree11.3% → 17.3%(+6.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate11.4% → 16.2%(+4.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Bedford's population equals 31% of Lawrence County's. Its number of households without a car equals 72% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 41% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.7%(263)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14%(143)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.2%(248)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(28)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(13)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,024 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bedford, decade by decade
Bedford population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,817
$56,649
$95,523
11.3%
4.4
2000
13,768
$56,511
$127,880
12.5%
9.0
2010
13,413
$49,237
$130,622
13.2%
12.0
2020
13,792
$51,988
$129,931
16.1%
18.6
2024
13,837
$49,553
$152,400
17.3%
15.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
