Ohio · Census place 3904920

Bedford Heights, Ohio

Bedford Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 10,791 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 167th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,791
#167 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-210 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
Density
2,372 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Bedford Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Bedford Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Bedford Heights lost 210 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +9. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 212th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Bedford Heights is 78% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,020. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bedford Heights covers 4.55 square miles of land, for 2,372 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Bedford Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county Bedford Heights is in

All of Bedford Heights's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Bedford Heights holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bedford Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bedford Heights 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 Heights is

The Census internal point of Bedford Heights is at 41.404100, -81.502300. Columbus, the capital, is 126.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bedford, OH (12,834 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 10.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.404100, -81.502300
DMS
41°24'14.76"N 81°30'8.28"W
UTM
17N 458014.8E 4583739.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HWCF3X+J3

Daylight in Bedford Heights

At 41.40° N, Bedford Heights gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bedford Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Bedford, 1.9 miles away, with 12,834 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bedford Heights, OH?

10,791 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 210 (1.9%) from 11,001 in July 2020.

What county is Bedford Heights in?

Cuyahoga County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bedford Heights?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44146.

How far is Bedford Heights from Columbus?

126.9 miles (204.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Bedford Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Bedford Heights?

Bedford, OH, with 12,834 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.