The population of Bedford county is estimated at 48,652. In 2017 there were 445 births and 529 deaths in Bedford county. Bedford county has 8,403 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,479 that are owned free and clear and 4,351 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Bedford County filed 22,950 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.015% of the entire nation. Bedford had a combined total federal tax liability of $148,700,000 on earned income of $1,072,289,000. Other notable statistics from Bedford County were 2,270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $9,898,000 and 2,590 charitable contributions valued at $13,597,000. 3,040 filings from Bedford County paid a combined total of $7,176,000 in property taxes and 2,470 filings paid $14,945,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Bedford county had 152 religious congregations with an estimated 22,368 members.
13.8% of the Bedford population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Bedford County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,060 votes.
At $47,760 the median income is 80.7% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 1,230 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Bedford, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Bedford County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,088	Retail trade
2,065	Manufacturing
1,769	Health care and social assistance
1,607	Accommodation and food services
1,545	Transportation and warehousing
1,152	Food services and drinking places
940	Restaurants and other eating places
687	Ambulatory health care services
676	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
674	Gasoline stations
623	Administrative and support services
608	Full-service restaurants
455	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
455	Accommodation
431	Traveler accommodation

In 2018 12.89% of listings in Bedford County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 15522 and 15537) dropped their price.

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