Bedford’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bedford has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bedford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bedford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bedford may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Bedford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Bedford who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.32% of the adults in Bedford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bedford in 2022 was $31,811, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,244 for a family of four. However, Bedford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bedford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bedford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bedford include English, German, Irish, European, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Bedford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
