Bedford TownshipMI
A town of 32,013. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Bedford Township a good place to live?
Bedford Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 259th among Michigan's 697 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 80% of the state's. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $90K. A typical home there costs about $253K, 3.3 years of the Monroe metro’s $77K median household income. Only 64 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Indian Creek Park, 65 acres with 1.2 miles of trail.
What makes Bedford Township stand out
Where Bedford Township beats most towns.
89% of working residents leave Bedford Township for work
Where Bedford Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Bedford Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bedford Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bedford Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bedford Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bedford Township.
Bedford Township has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in Michigan and sends many workers across the state line to Sylvania Township.
For schools, Bedford Township earns an A−
Two of its 7 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Bedford Senior High School, with 1,260 students. The Bedford Public Schools runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 923 | B |
| Bedford Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 1,260 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Bedford Township work out of town
49% of working residents cross a state line to work, Sylvania Township among the top destinations.
11% of Bedford Township working residents work locally. Jobs in Bedford Township grew by 423 from 2011 to 2021, reaching 5,387. The top destinations are Toledo (27%), Detroit (3%) and Sylvania Township (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away.
| Bedford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $90,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Bedford Township, 2.8% of the land is conserved
10 miles of trail wind through 10 parks and preserves. In Bedford Township, the density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Michigan’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Bedford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Indian Creek Park | 1.2 mi | 65 |
| 2. Lewis Ansted Community Park | 1.2 mi | 35 |
| 3. Vienna Park | — | 45 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bedford Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Bedford Township since 1979: 12. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Bedford Township once, in 1999.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Bedford Township
July afternoons average 84.6°, the #2 highest of 1,983 Michigan places with climate records; January nights average 19.4°.
About 39 inches of snow falls in a winter. No town among the 701 in Michigan we compare has a higher typical July afternoon high than Bedford Township.
| Bedford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 85°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 19°F | 16°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Young adults are less common in Bedford Township than in Michigan
In Bedford Township, 24% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults 25 and older, 29% have a four-year degree or more, against 32% across Michigan. The town’s age of the median resident comes in at 45.6 years.
| Bedford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 45.6 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.5 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Bedford Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.1% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Bedford Township is healthier than 54% of U.S. towns
For adults 18 to 64 in Bedford Township, the share who have no health insurance is 5.8%. The town does better than the Michigan average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. In Bedford Township, nearly two in five adults have obesity, above both the Michigan town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%).
| Bedford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bedford Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Michigan Stadium and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bedford Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
8 mi MuseumToledo Museum of Art340K visitors a year
11 mi Zoo & aquariumToledo Zoo
38 mi Park & preserveDomino's Farms
33 mi LandmarkYpsilanti Water Tower
16 mi LandmarkFort MeigsPhoto credits
Michigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Museum of Art: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Zoo: DreamingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Domino's Farms: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0 · Ypsilanti Water Tower: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Meigs: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Bedford Township
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Bedford Township
About 4 of every 100 Bedford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Bedford Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bedford Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 31,813. Bedford Township was organized in 1836. Sharing a southern border with the city of Toledo, Ohio, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of the city of Detroit, the township is one of the southernmost areas included in the Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area (Metro Detroit). Bedford Township is the most populous municipality in Monroe County and the second most populous civil township in the state of Michigan after Macomb Township.
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- Area
- 39 sq mi
- Elevation
- 650 ft
Bedford Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bedford Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Erie Township (A−) is closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Township | #259 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Whiteford Township | #70 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Lambertville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erie Township | #194 | A− | A− | — | A− | C |
| Ida Township | #136 | A− | B+ | — | A | B |
Bedford Township, Whiteford Township, Erie Township and Ida Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lambertville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bedford Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bedford Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bedford Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Bedford Township grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #259 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B− for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Bedford Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.