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A town of 47,958, settled in 1877. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Trash day: look up yoursBedford grades B− overall, ranked 176th of 640 in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 84% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation and residents are healthier than 75% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $370K, 4.1 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Bedford’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, above both the Texas town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Bedford is home to Messenger College.
Where Bedford beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Heights El | PK–6 | 651 |
| Meadow Creek El | PK–6 | 649 |
| Bell Manor El | PK–6 | 610 |
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Messenger College | 25 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Bedford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,706 in 1960, 49,928 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1931 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bedford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
7 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumAT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bedford, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Bedford.
Bedford has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, trades workers with Fort Worth and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of Texas.
9.0 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Generations Park, 70 acres with 1.4 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Generations Park | 1.4 mi | 70 |
| 2. Bedford Trails West Park | 1 mi | 12 |
| 3. Stormie Jones Park | 0.8 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $370K.
Its public schools are run by Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD. Three of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Heights ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 651 | A |
| Harwood J HLargest public high schoolGrades 7–9 | Grades 7–9 | 1,024 | A |
| Bedford J HTop results in townGrades 7–9 | Grades 7–9 | 968 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Texas is food insecurity: 12.1% of its 40,054 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.3% statewide.
31% of adults have obesity in Bedford, where Texas’ towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 35%. 12% of Bedford adults report frequent physical distress. Bedford beats the Texas average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Bedford | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bedford | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.1% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
51% of households own their home in Bedford. The typical Bedford home is worth about $370,000, up 1.2% in a year, 25% above the Texas typical home. The median rent in Bedford is $1,502 a month.
| Bedford | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 51% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,502 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Dallas Ft Worth Ap weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 106 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.9°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36°.
Bedford has mild winters and hot summers. Bedford’s July high is 96°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Bedford | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 1,081 to 901 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Bedford has about as many jobs (22,210) as working residents, but only 1,797 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (16%), Dallas (12%) and Irving (9%).
| Bedford | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Texas average. Bedford has lost 4% of its people since 2020, down to 47,958 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 44% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Bedford | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 14% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
About 91 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.8 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.6, men 38.1.
| Bedford | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 24% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.3% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.2% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 35 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bedford.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
12 within 15 miles of the center of Bedford
About 6 of every 100 Bedford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
19 notable people were born in Bedford.
City in Texas, United States
Bedford is a city located in northeastern Tarrant County, Texas, United States, in the "Mid-Cities" area between Dallas and Fort Worth. It is a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth. The population was 49,928 at the 2020 census. Bedford is part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District.
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3 towns share a border with Bedford.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | #176 | B− | D | C+ | A− | A− |
| Euless | #201 | B− | D | C | A | B+ |
| Hurst | #228 | C+ | C | C | B+ | B |
| Colleyville | #2 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bedford grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #176 of 640 in Texas. It grades A− for health, C+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
19 notable people were born here, including Cayden Boyd and Jenna Boyd.
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