Bedford, Pennsylvania

Bedford population, 2020 to 2024

Bedford lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

Bedford covers 1.09 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,608 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Bedford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bedford is in

All of Bedford's residents live in Bedford County, which had 47,643 residents in 2024. Bedford holds 6.0% 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 borough's land: 15522. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bedford is

The Census internal point of Bedford is at 40.015100, -78.503000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 87.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Windber, PA (3,807 people), 22.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 83.0 miles away.

Daylight in Bedford

At 40.02° N, Bedford gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 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 Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Everett, 7.8 miles away, with 1,748 people.