Bedford is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,830 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bedford is the 513th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Bedford was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Bedford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bedford is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bedford who work in office and administrative support (11.73%), sales jobs (10.10%), and maintenance occupations (9.19%). Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.86 minutes getting to work every day. Bedford is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Bedford are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.90% of adults in Bedford having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bedford in 2022 was $35,103, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,412 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bedford include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bedford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
