Bedford, Texas

Bedford population, 2020 to 2024

Bedford lost 1,090 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -6. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 358th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Bedford is 3.2 times that size.

Bedford covers 10.03 square miles of land, for 4,858 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Bedford is denser than the typical town.

What county Bedford is in

All of Bedford's residents live in Tarrant County, which had 2,230,708 residents in 2024. Bedford holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bedford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bedford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76021, 76022. 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 32.845800, -97.135100. Austin, the capital, is 181.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Euless, TX (60,010 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Irving, TX, 9.6 miles away.

Daylight in Bedford

At 32.85° N, Bedford gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 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 Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hurst, 2.7 miles away, with 39,500 people.