County profile
Bedford County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#1261 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,015
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,080
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
47,480
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%±1.3%
Poverty rate
11.6%±1.0%
Business applications
366 · 2025
Retail establishments
179
37.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade21%
Transportation20%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation14%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
47,480
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+629
International migration+144
Natural change−848
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.0k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$784/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±1.3%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$24.4M
75 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Hurricane 78Avalanche 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1952016
1972017
2072018
2152019
2182020
2362021
2662022
2652023
3002024
3082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 14% since 2021662021
752022
662023
712024
752025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-76
Nearest freight rail
27.1 km
NS
Nearest port
115.4 km
MON RIVER INDUSTRIAL PARK - ALLENPORT PA
Nearest commercial airport
35.4 km
ALTOONA/BLAIR COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bedford?
Bedford's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.