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Bedford

United States · GDP 2024
#996 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
GDP growth
+10.4%
Jobs tracked
14,839
Employers
889
Avg. wage
$50.4k
Population
55,273
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$4.7k
Business applications
553 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing35%
Transportation20%
Retail trade16%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation10%
Health care10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
55,273
residents · 2025 · +9.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,283
International migration+972
Natural change+613

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.3B
2021
$2.5B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$281.2k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
4.8%±1.5%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
378 (6.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
69.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 87Tornado 83Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
238
2016
261
2017
285
2018
308
2019
323
2020
375
2021
461
2022
504
2023
520
2024
534
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.7 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
WHRR
Nearest port
76.3 km
ERGON, INC.
Nearest commercial airport
55.3 km
SMYRNA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Chatham$2.9BClay$2.9BDes Moines$2.9BStephens$2.9BDuplin$2.9BLaurens$2.9B
The read

Bedford's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 10.4% year over year — faster than 92% of 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.
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