Bedford Hills, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,488
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
42.1
7.47% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
16.8%
19.9% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$94,024
8.49% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$487,300
0.855% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
1,092
3.02% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Bedford Hills, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

87% of the residents in Bedford Hills, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Bedford Hills, NY was $487,300, and the homeownership rate was 53.6%.

Most people in Bedford Hills, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 34.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Bedford Hills, NY was 1 car per household.

United StatesNew YorkWestchester County, NYNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PAWestchester County (Northeast) PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Bedford Hills, NY is home to a population of 2.49k people, from which 87% are citizens. As of 2024, 30.9% of Bedford Hills, NY residents were born outside of the country (769 people).

In 2024, there were 1.68 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.01k people) in Bedford Hills, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 604 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 372 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

87%
2024 Citizenship
84.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 87% of Bedford Hills, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Bedford Hills, NY was 84.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Bedford Hills, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.01k ± 361
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    604 ± 469
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    372 ± 201
28.6%
Hispanic Population
711 people

In 2024, there were 1.68 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.01k people) in Bedford Hills, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 604 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 372 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

28.6% of the people in Bedford Hills, NY are hispanic (711 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Bedford Hills, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

30.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
769 people
35.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
804 people

As of 2024, 30.9% of Bedford Hills, NY residents (769 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Bedford Hills, NY was 35.2%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    29 ± 33
  2. Korea
    5 ± 16

Bedford Hills, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 5.8 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Bedford Hills, NY employs 1.09k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bedford Hills, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (261 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (141 people), and Educational Services (130 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($185,469), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($158,750), and Finance & Insurance ($158,750).

Employment

Occupations

1.09k
2024 Value
± 242
−3.02%
1 Year decline
± 33.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bedford Hills, NY declined at a rate of −3.02%, from 1.13k employees to 1.09k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bedford Hills, NY, are Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (178 people), Management Occupations (159 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (145 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bedford Hills, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.09k
2024 Value
± 242
−3.02%
1 Year decline
± 33.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bedford Hills, NY declined at a rate of −3.02%, from 1.13k employees to 1.09k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bedford Hills, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (261 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (141 people), and Educational Services (130 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bedford Hills, NY, though some of these residents may live in Bedford Hills, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$73,304
Median earning men ± $44,337
$36,089
Median earning women ± $30,867

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($155,104), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($52,619), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($116,217), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($63,026), and Manufacturing ($45,446).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Bedford Hills, NY was $487,300 in 2024, which is 1.46 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $491,500 to $487,300, a 0.855% decrease. The homeownership rate in Bedford Hills, NY is 53.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bedford Hills, NY have an average commute time of 34.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bedford Hills, NY is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$487,300
Median Property Value 2024
±$53,244
$481
Median Property Taxes
±$128

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bedford Hills, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bedford Hills, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

53.6%
Homeownership
2024
55.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 53.6% of the housing units in Bedford Hills, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 59%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$94,024
Median Household Income
± $26,004
898
Number of Households
± 223

In 2024, the median household income of the 898 households in Bedford Hills, NY declined from $94,024 from the previous year's value of $102,750.

The following chart displays the households in Bedford Hills, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bedford Hills, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (72.7%)
  2. Worked At Home (10.2%)
  3. Public Transit (9.35%)

In 2024, 72.7% of workers in Bedford Hills, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.2%) and those who used public transit to get to work (9.35%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

34.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bedford Hills, NY have a longer commute time (34.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.91% of the workforce in Bedford Hills, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bedford Hills, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bedford Hills, NY have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bedford Hills, NY (416 out of 2.48k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Females 75+ and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bedford Hills, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

94.4% of the population of Bedford Hills, NY has health coverage, with 44.2% on employee plans, 14.7% on Medicaid, 8.58% on Medicare, 26.5% on non-group plans, and 0.362% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24.2% under 18 years, 16.3% between 18 and 34 years, 36.3% between 35 and 64 years, and 23.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

5.6%
Uninsured
44.2%
Employer Coverage
14.7%
Medicaid
8.58%
Medicare
26.5%
Non-Group
0.362%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Bedford Hills, NY grew by 84.6% from 3.03% to 5.6%.

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