Iowa · Census place 1905365
Bedford, Iowa
Bedford is a city in Taylor County, Iowa with an estimated 1,474 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 211th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,474
- #211 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -17 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 916 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Bedford population, 2020 to 2024
Bedford lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -26.
Bedford covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 916 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Bedford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bedford is in
All of Bedford's residents live in Taylor County, which had 5,825 residents in 2024. Bedford holds 25.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bedford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bedford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50833. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bedford is
The Census internal point of Bedford is at 40.671200, -94.724300. Des Moines, the capital, is 86.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarinda, IA (5,334 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 80.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.671200, -94.724300
- DMS
- 40°40'16.32"N 94°43'27.48"W
- UTM
- 15N 354262.1E 4503687.6N
- Geohash
- 9zhxk7zyg
- Plus code
- 86G7M7CG+F7
Daylight in Bedford
At 40.67° N, Bedford gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bedford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarinda, 16.8 miles away, with 5,334 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bedford, IA?
1,474 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 17 (1.1%) from 1,491 in July 2020.
What county is Bedford in?
Taylor County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bedford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50833.
How far is Bedford from Des Moines?
86.2 miles (138.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Bedford.
What is the nearest larger city to Bedford?
Clarinda, IA, with 5,334 residents, 16.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.