Bedford is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 47,072 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Bedford is the 50th largest community in Texas.

Bedford is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bedford is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bedford who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.83%), sales jobs (14.03%), and management occupations (12.51%).

Also of interest is that Bedford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Bedford is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One notable thing about Bedford is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Bedford is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.5% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Bedford Information and Demographics

The education level of Bedford citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 35.21% of adults in Bedford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bedford in 2000 was $29,466, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,864 for a family of four.

Bedford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bedford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bedford is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bedford include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Bedford is English. Some people also speak Spanish.