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Bedford city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Bedford city is a Census city of 12,931 people across 5.34 square miles of land, in Cuyahoga County. Median household income is $57,308, 59.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.1 m.
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Bedford
What Bedford is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.34 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,421
- 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
How many people live in Bedford
- Population12,931
- Median age42.2
- Population under 182,551 plus or minus 521
- Share under 1819.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over2,554
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent
- Households6,136
- Family households2,856
- Share of households that are families46.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bedford
Income and work in Bedford
- Median household income$57,308
- Per capita income$33,940
- Civilian labor force6,774
- Employed6,224
- Unemployed550 plus or minus 154
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over8,772
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bedford
Housing in Bedford
- Housing units7,139
- Occupied units6,136
- Vacant units1,003 plus or minus 330
- Vacancy rate14.0 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied3,635
- Renter occupied2,501
- Ownership rate59.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$135,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,059
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.2 percent
- Single family units4,606
- Share single family64.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,533 plus or minus 517
- Share in buildings of two or more35.5 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bedford
How Bedford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,407
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,721 plus or minus 402
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.8 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,499 plus or minus 373
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Drove alone81.7 percent
- Carpooled3.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bedford
SBA 7(a) lending to Bedford borrowers
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$11,076,800
- Average approval$299,373
- Median approval$128,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$818,000
- Largest approval$1,500,000
- Jobs supported306
- Jobs per approval8.3
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full8
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.8 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 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.
Bedford
SBA 504 lending to Bedford borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,003,000
- Average approval$600,600
- Median approval$318,000
- Largest approval$1,154,000
- Jobs supported50
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bedford
Flood programme status in Bedford
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390095
- 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
Cuyahoga County context, not Bedford 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 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. 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 questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bedford, Ohio?
12,931, in 6,136 households. Bedford city covers 5.34 square miles of land, which is 2,421 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bedford 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?
$57,308. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $135,200. Median gross rent is $1,059 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 businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $11.1 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $128,300, plus 5 504 approvals worth $3.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bedford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bedford borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bedford. only 9 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 in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bedford appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390095, 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 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.
Is zoning published for Bedford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.