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Bedford, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bedford, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 13,221. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BEDFORD-MA · Bedford, MA 1 ZIPs · 13,221 pop · #470/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $172,400
  • RANK-TOP #470/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Arlington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-TOWN 13,221
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $898,500

Nearest income peer: Arlington, MA ( $21,554 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Bedford

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bedford on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bedford, MA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
13,221
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$172,400
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $172,400 and home value $898,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 69.6%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Bedford as a pure owner town.

Within Massachusetts, Auburndale is the closest lower-income city and Andover the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bedford.

Population concentration

Bedford reads through its lone ZIP, 01730

13,221 ACS residents, one ZIP: 01730 is not the leading code inside Bedford, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Bedford's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 549 establishments, 23,516 employees , annual payroll $2,942,937k (~42 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 01730 (549 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (106) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Bedford, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 81 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bedford. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Middlesex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Bedford. Lowell, Cambridge and Somerville sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Lowell marks the far end of that range at $78,949, 54% below Bedford.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
01730 13,221 $172,400 549 373
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Bedford roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Bedford, .