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Bedford Heights city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Bedford Heights city is a Census city of 10,847 people across 4.55 square miles of land, in Cuyahoga County. Median household income is $50,269, 44.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.6 m.
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Bedford Heights
What Bedford Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.55 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,385
- County holding the largest share of its areaCuyahoga County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bedford Heights
How many people live in Bedford Heights
- Population10,847
- Median age41.1
- Population under 182,166
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,108 plus or minus 426
- Share 65 and over19.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households5,520
- Family households2,215
- Share of households that are families40.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Bedford Heights
- Median household income$50,269
- Per capita income$34,580
- Civilian labor force5,703
- Employed5,331
- Unemployed372 plus or minus 187
- Unemployment rate6.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over7,808
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bedford Heights
- Housing units5,761
- Occupied units5,520
- Vacant units241 plus or minus 124
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied2,450
- Renter occupied3,070
- Ownership rate44.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,009
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.1 percent
- Single family units2,780
- Share single family48.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,551
- Share in buildings of two or more44.3 percent
- Mobile homes430 plus or minus 139
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bedford Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,652
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,201 plus or minus 322
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,480 plus or minus 342
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone72.3 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport3.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home11.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Bedford Heights (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$11,571,000
- Average approval$890,077
- Median approval$216,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,348,000
- Largest approval$3,350,000
- Jobs supported184
- Jobs per approval14.2
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.7 percent
- Share to franchises23.1 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Bedford Heights (504)
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$4,851,000
- Average approval$539,000
- Median approval$372,000
- Largest approval$1,690,000
- Jobs supported120
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Bedford Heights
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390096
- Currently effective map date12/03/10
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cuyahoga County, not Bedford Heights
Cuyahoga County context, not Bedford Heights figures
These are Cuyahoga County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bedford Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Cuyahoga County31,496
- Employment at those establishments, Cuyahoga County681,543
- Covered employment, Cuyahoga County705,152
- Average annual pay, Cuyahoga County$75,134
- Average weekly wage, Cuyahoga County$1,445
- Housing units permitted, Cuyahoga County1,685
- Of those, single family, Cuyahoga County663
- County product, 2024, Cuyahoga County$135,913,887,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cuyahoga County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cuyahoga County$70,762
Every figure in this section is published for Cuyahoga County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bedford Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bedford Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bedford Heights, Ohio?
10,847, in 5,520 households. Bedford Heights city covers 4.55 square miles of land, which is 2,385 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bedford Heights in?
Cuyahoga County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bedford Heights?
$50,269. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,500. Median gross rent is $1,009 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bedford Heights businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $11.6 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $216,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $4.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bedford Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bedford Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bedford Heights. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Bedford Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bedford Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390096, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Bedford Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cuyahoga County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bedford Heights.
Is zoning published for Bedford Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.