The population of Bedford county is estimated at 77,828. In 2017 there were 630 births and 836 deaths in Bedford county. Bedford county has 15,592 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,639 that are owned free and clear and 4,234 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Bedford County filed 36,090 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.9% of all Virginia filings and 0.024% of the entire nation. Bedford had a combined total federal tax liability of $324,423,000 on earned income of $2,272,879,000. Other notable statistics from Bedford County were 850 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,900,000 and 9,540 charitable contributions valued at $59,270,000. 10,710 filings from Bedford County paid a combined total of $20,476,000 in property taxes and 9,270 filings paid $72,333,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Bedford county had 106 religious congregations with an estimated 28,006 members.
28.3% of the Bedford population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 54% of Bedford County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,436 votes.
At $65,172 the median income is 91.1% of the Virginia average. An estimated 1,498 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Bedford, the equivalant of around 3.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Bedford County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,512	Manufacturing
2,056	Retail trade
1,629	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,580	Administrative and support services
1,295	Health care and social assistance
914	Employment services
914	Temporary help services
715	Accommodation and food services
697	Restaurants and other eating places
630	Professional, scientific, and technical services
560	Printing
560	Commercial printing (except screen and books)
560	Printing and related support activities
553	Ambulatory health care services
507	Food and beverage stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.94% in Bedford County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 24104, 24551, 24523 and 24121).

In 2018 9.25% of listings in Bedford County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 24104, 24551, 24523 and 24121) dropped their price.

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