Ohio · Census place 3904878

Bedford, Ohio

Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 12,834 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 145th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,834
#145 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-291 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
2,403 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Bedford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Bedford population, 2020 to 2024

Bedford lost 291 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 229th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Bedford is 92% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,151. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bedford covers 5.34 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,403 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Bedford is denser than the typical town.

What county Bedford is in

All of Bedford's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Bedford holds 1.0% 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: 44146. 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 41.392100, -81.534700. Columbus, the capital, is 125.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Maple Heights, OH (23,081 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 9.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.392100, -81.534700
DMS
41°23'31.56"N 81°32'4.92"W
UTM
17N 455298.4E 4582423.3N
Geohash
dpq52xhnr
Plus code
86HW9FR8+R4

Daylight in Bedford

At 41.39° N, Bedford gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Maple Heights, 1.9 miles away, with 23,081 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bedford, OH?

12,834 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 291 (2.2%) from 13,125 in July 2020.

What county is Bedford in?

Cuyahoga 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: 44146.

How far is Bedford from Columbus?

125.2 miles (201.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Bedford.

What is the nearest larger city to Bedford?

Maple Heights, OH, with 23,081 residents, 1.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.