ZIP 76022 vs ZIP 76021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 76022 (Bedford, TX) and ZIP 76021 (Bedford, TX) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 76022 has a population of 13,212 at 1,911 people per square mile, while ZIP 76021 has 33,673 at 1,794 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 76022 reports a median household income of $72,560 against $87,097 in ZIP 76021, with per-capita income of $35,071 vs $48,100. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.1% in 76022 and 48.9% in 76021. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 5.5% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $277,100 in 76022 versus $374,400 in 76021, with median rent of $1,500 and $1,502 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.5% vs 51.7%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.