Is Bedford Heights a good place to live?
Bedford Heights's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C−, ranked 893rd of 987 in Ohio. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is health: residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Only 23 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. 44% of households own their home in Bedford Heights, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. Only 134 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life.
What makes Bedford Heights stand out
Where Bedford Heights beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 9,296 people come to Bedford Heights for work
Where Bedford Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bedford Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Bedford Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bedford Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
2 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
12 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
12 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
9 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Rocket Arena: Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cleveland Museum of Art: zenbikescience, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Bedford Heights: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bedford Heights, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bedford Heights.
Bedford Heights draws workers from Cleveland and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
Most working residents commute out of Bedford Heights
9,518 jobs are based in Bedford Heights, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Bedford Heights for work: only 5% work in town. The median household income in Bedford Heights is $50,000. The top destinations are Cleveland (25%), Solon (8%) and Twinsburg (3%).
| Bedford Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $50,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Bedford Heights’ schools trail 70% of Ohio districts
Its public schools are run by the Bedford City school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heskett Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 592 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Bedford Heights has set aside 6.4% of its land for conservation
2.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Bedford Reservation, at 196 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Bedford Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bedford Reservation | 2.1 mi | 196 |
| 2. Reed Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bedford Heights faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 34 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bedford Heights.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bedford Heights stands out in Ohio and nationally: a larger share of its adults have diabetes
Against the 5,878 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bedford Heights’s, it is less healthy than 62%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
19% of adults have diabetes in Bedford Heights. Among 993 Ohio towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Bedford Heights. 43% of adults have obesity in Bedford Heights.
| Bedford Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Bedford Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.6% | 8.7% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.5% | 16.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 17% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bedford Heights’ typical home value is about $193K
The typical Bedford Heights home is worth about $193,000, up 3.7% in a year, 22% below the Ohio typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bedford Heights has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Bedford Heights has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Bedford Heights’ July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bedford Heights sees more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns
Reported crimes fell from 265 to 159 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
An age mix much like Ohio’s
Only 44.4% of households own their home, against 67.2% across Ohio.
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. Bedford Heights has lost 3% of its people since 2020, down to 10,691 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 20% of Bedford Heights residents are under 18.
| Bedford Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 24% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.4 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Bedford Heights | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 33.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Bedford Heights
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Bedford Heights
About 4 of every 100 Bedford Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Bedford Heights
City in Ohio, United States
Bedford Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,020 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,040 ft
Bedford Heights’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Bedford Heights.
Solon next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Bedford Heights’s C) and lower for cost of living (D to C+).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Heights | #893 | C− | C+ | C+ | C | C− |
| Bedford | #619 | B− | B− | A− | C | C |
| Oakwood | #916 | C− | C+ | — | C | C− |
| Maple Heights | #918 | C− | C+ | — | C | D |
| Solon | #129 | A | D | B+ | A+ | A |
Oakwood and Maple Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bedford Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Bedford Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bedford Heights, OH a good place to live?
Bedford Heights grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #893 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health, C+ for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Bedford Heights, OH expensive?
That is 2.7 years of the area's median household income ($70,678 across the Cleveland, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.