Photo: Arnold H Berger · CC BY-SA 3.0Bedford Heights draws 8,001 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
Bedford Heights grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. 8,213 jobs are based in Bedford Heights for 4,643 working residents. Measured by household income, Bedford Heights is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bedford Heights at work: what stands out
Bedford Heights is where the jobs are
Bedford Heights has 8,213 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Bedford Heights and Cleveland trade workers both ways
Cleveland is the top workplace for Bedford Heights residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Bedford Heights come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bedford Heights draws workers from far and wide
The 8,213 jobs in Bedford Heights are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 32%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Bedford Heights: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bedford Heights is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #764 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Bedford Heights’ grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,269, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bedford Heights could be anywhere from C to B.
Bedford Heights fills up on a workday
On a workday 4,431 residents head out to work and 212 work right here.
About 14,000 people are in Bedford Heights on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bedford Heights, and from where
Where Bedford Heights clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Bedford Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bedford Heights, 2014 → 2024: 8,957 → 8,213. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Bedford Heights’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bedford Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,652 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Bedford Heights to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bedford Heights is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,240 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.1% of Bedford Heights households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Bedford Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
2,071st of 2,878: where Bedford Heights ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,069 | Pukalani HI | 8,679 | $103K | 10.6% | 9.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,070 | Madison Heights VA | 10,266 | $60K | 10.5% | 5.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,071 | Bedford Heights OH | 10,691 | $50K | 12.7% | 6.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,072 | Placerville CA | 10,685 | $67K | 15.9% | 4.3% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,073 | Beatrice NE | 12,318 | $57K | 17.4% | 1.7% | 46% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bedford Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
11% of Bedford Heights works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Solon (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bedford Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Heights | – | C+ | A | 24 min | $50,269 |
| Bedford | under 2% | C | A | 20 min | $57,308 |
| Oakwood | 2% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $67,813 |
| Maple Heights | under 2% | C− | A | 22 min | $53,414 |
| Solon | 9% | A+ | C− | 23 min | $139,089 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bedford Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bedford Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Bedford Heights?
$50,269 (±$2,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bedford Heights?
12.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bedford Heights?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bedford Heights work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (23%, 10 mi), Solon (9%, 3 mi), Beachwood (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bedford Heights walkable?
Bedford Heights is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bedford Heights without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bedford Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bedford Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.