Bedford County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 45,325 95.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 644 1.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 339 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 214 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 911 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 56 0.1%

• Under 18 9,234 19.4%
• 18–24 3,285 6.9%
• 25–44 10,095 21.2%
• 45–64 13,508 28.4%
• 65 and over 11,391 24.0%

Median household income

$59,645

90% interval $54,543–$64,747

−$17,887 vs PA · 61st of 67

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 9.7%–13.7%

+0.1 pp vs PA · 36th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.15 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,559

Establishments

1,243

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,454 27.2%
• Education & health services 3,024 18.4%
• Manufacturing 2,728 16.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,802 11.0%
• Construction 1,306 8.0%
• Professional & business services 769 4.7%
• Public administration 570 3.5%
• Other services 512 3.1%
• Financial activities 387 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 350 2.1%
• Information 83 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 97.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+8.2 pp vs PA · 21st of 67

Median gross rent

$784

−$425 vs PA · 59th of 67

Owner-occupied

15,315

Renter-occupied

4,435

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $78,180/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,179/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 23,658 84.0%
• Democratic 4,336 15.4%
• Other / third-party 166 0.6%

• German or other West Germanic 698 1.5%
• Spanish 345 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 63 0.1%
• Tagalog 21 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.0%
• Vietnamese 12 0.0%
• Chinese 8 0.0%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

19,750

Family households

12,724

64.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,060

24.0% of families

Single-mother families

619

4.9% of families

Veterans

3,025

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,866 22.8%
• Mainline Protestant 6,497 13.7%
• Catholic 1,166 2.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 394 0.8%
• Black Protestant 30 0.1%
• Orthodox 17 0.0%

Health insured

92.2%

±1 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±1 pp

12th of 67

With a disability

17.2%

±1.2 pp

17th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±1.3 pp

−19.1 pp vs PA · 63rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.3%–10.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

57th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Bedford

Traffic fatalities

9

23.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8