Bedford Hills is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,239 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bedford Hills is the 450th largest community in New York. Bedford Hills home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Bedford Hills real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Bedford Hills is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.29% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bedford Hills is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bedford Hills who work in healthcare (19.05%), management occupations (14.56%), and office and administrative support (13.28%). A relatively large number of people in Bedford Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.22% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Overall, Bedford Hills’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. In Bedford Hills, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Even though Bedford Hills is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The citizens of Bedford Hills are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.97% of adults in Bedford Hills have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bedford Hills in 2022 was $43,835, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,340 for a family of four. However, Bedford Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bedford Hills is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bedford Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bedford Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bedford Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bedford Hills include Italian, Irish, Scottish, English, and Eastern European. Bedford Hills also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.91%. The most common language spoken in Bedford Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
