County · Virginia

Bedford County, Virginia

Bedford County, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #590 of 3,143 US counties. Within Virginia it ranks #32 of 133 counties. It ranks best on hospital quality rating (high), food environment index (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), drought exposure (high) and grocery stores (low).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #590 of 3,143 counties
Virginia: #32 of 133 in VA
Population: 83,059 (2025)
Land area: 760 mi²
Density: 109.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 51019

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety81#604/3,096
Economy89#361/3,143
Housing54#1,459/3,140
Health81#598/3,144
Healthcare67#1,026/3,143
Environment87#415/3,108
Education85#476/3,144
Infrastructure58#1,306/3,144
Community73#848/3,144
Leisure & amenities14#2,689/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bedford County, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
97/100Virginia 3.7United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Food environment index · high9.2
97/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Child care cost burden · low18.0%
96/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Voter turnout · high79.8%
94/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Severe housing problems · low8.4%
92/100Virginia 13.9%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.7%
91/100Virginia 7.7%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high216 min
6/100Virginia 164 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drought exposure · high94%
6/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
9/100Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Restaurants and bars · low5.3 /10k
22/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Home price to income ratio · high3.8×
23/100Virginia 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high31.8%
30/100Virginia 33.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
8% (2021) → 94% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+86 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
1.8 /1k (2021) → 4.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+147%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
78 /100k (2021) → 140 /100k (2025)
+80%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.1% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
44.2% (2010 & 2021) → 55.8% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
28.7 /100k (2021) → 13.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bedford County, Virginia improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Bachelor's++4.5 points29.2% → 33.7%
Broadband+13 points76.1% → 88.8%
Uninsured−1.5 points9.2% → 7.7%
Weekly wage+24%$776 → $964
New businesses+43%8.1 /1k → 11.7 /1k

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×3.1× → 3.8×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Bedford County, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	49%
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	26.5 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Average weekly wage	$7762020	$9642025	+24%	Improved	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	79%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	11.0%2019	10.2%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	88 mi2020	88 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	20.1 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−35%	Within the margin of error	58%
Effective property tax rate	0.49%2015-2019	0.43%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	31%
Firearm deaths	16.3 /100k2020	15.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	53%
Grocery stores	0.9 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	20%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	27%
Homicide rate	6.8 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−51%	Within the margin of error	73%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,7162019	$67,2222024	+25%	Improved	13%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4412015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$66,5912019	$77,2892024	+16%	Improved	11%
New business applications	8.1 /1k2020	11.7 /1k2025	+43%	Improved	49%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+5.4%	Within the margin of error	85%
Poverty rate	8.6%2019	8.9%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Property crime rate	760 /100k2020	554 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	35%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent as share of income	25.6%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Rent-burdened households	43.9%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	6.2 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	19%
Students per teacher	14.3×2019	14.0×2024	−0.2×	Little change	33%
Suicide rate	20.1 /100k2020	20.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4%	Within the margin of error	49%
Traffic deaths	16.8 /100k2015-2019	15.3 /100k2020-2024	−8.9%	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2020	3.3%2025	−2 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2019	7.7%2024	−1.5 points	Improved	59%
Violent crime rate	129 /100k2020	112 /100k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	47%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Bedford County, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bedford County, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bedford County, Virginia itself moved +0.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

80,894 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

33,127 households (±394)

Bedford County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k13%4,193
$25k–50k16%5,371
$50k–75k19%6,228

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

33,127 households (±394)

Bedford County, Virginia
Virginia share

Own85%28,045
Rent15%5,082

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

36,854 workers (±1,008)

Bedford County, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone78%28,864
Carpool7.2%2,645
Public transit0.1%†24

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lynchburg, VA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Bedford County has 1,818 employer establishments, 222 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Virginia's), with 16,604 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,030. The Census Bureau also counts 6,550 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,818; 6,550 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 222; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 16,604
Average annual pay: $57,030; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Bedford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	190	23.2	1.50×More than typical	917	$54,325	460
Lessors of real estate	115	14.1	1.14×About typical	270	$39,707	872
Ambulatory health care services	104	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	834	$65,560	248
Restaurants and other eating places	95	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,538	$19,317	16
Construction of buildings	92	11.3	1.49×More than typical	297	$54,889	208
Services to buildings and dwellings	89	10.9	1.61×More than typical	442	$38,765	437
Religious organizations	81	9.9	1.79×More than typical	503	$25,694	—
Building equipment contractors	74	9.1	1.50×More than typical	415	$55,583	86
Real estate agents and brokers	68	8.3	1.71×More than typical	119	$40,261	248
Landscaping services	58	7.1	2.02×More than typical	230	$37,100	193
Full-service restaurants	46	5.6	0.73×Fewer than typical	721	$22,144	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	45	5.5	1.09×About typical	232	$50,138	90

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 81,765 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $8M on contracts performed in Bedford County, Virginia: $96.82 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8M; +693% vs FY2025
Per resident: $96.82; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$6M74%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.5M19%
National Park Service$337.6K4.2%
Department of the Army$102.7K1.3%
Environmental Protection Agency$95.4K1.2%
Department of the Navy$56.8K0.7%
Internal Revenue Service$47.4K0.6%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$11.3K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2.1MFY2017
1.5MFY2018
5MFY2019
2.5MFY2020
6.3MFY2021
1.3MFY2022
100.6MFY2023
31.9MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$6M74%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$818.7K10%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$659.2K8.2%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$373.9K4.6%
Software publishers · 5132$142.8K1.8%
Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providers · 5162

Largest awards

PROJECT: NP NP BLRI 1L9, 1M22, ETC - THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE REHABILITATION OF APPROXIMATELY 24 MILES OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY (BLRI) BETWEEN MILEPOST (MP) 97 AND 121 IN BEDFORD, BOTETOURT, AND ROANOKE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA. THE WORK CONSISTS OF RE$64.3M
ESTES BROS. CONST. INC.· Bedford County, VA· Construction & real property· Sep 6, 2023 – Jan 27, 2026· 693C7323C000018
PROJECT VA NP BLRI 1K1: THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF PAVEMENT REHABILITATION FROM MP 86 TO MP 89 ON THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. THE WORK INCLUDES FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, SIGNAGE, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS WORK.$6M
ESTES BROS. CONST. INC.· Bedford County, VA· Construction & real property· Feb 3, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 693C7326C000004
CATALYST COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DHS SBIR PHASE II TOPIC 4: DEVELOP AN INTERFACE WHICH ENABLES INTER-OPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN BROADBAND PUSH-TO-TALK SERVICES.$1M
CATALYST COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC· Bedford County, VA

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $652.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bedford County, Virginia: $7,859 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $652.8M; −1.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,859; US $12,955
Loan face value: $32.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$450.6M69%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$52.6M8.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$51.9M8.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$30.5M4.7%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$22.7M3.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11M1.7%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$8M1.2%
20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$5M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

CITY OF LYNCHBURG$13M2.0%
LYNCHBURG, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.2M0.9%
RICHMOND, VA
BEDFORD COUNTY$529.9K0.1%
BEDFORD, VA
BEDFORD UNITED METHODIST HOUSING LP$477.9K0.1%
BEDFORD, VA
SHENTEL ASSET ENTITY I LLC$370.6K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$544.7M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$58.4M8.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$22.7M3.5%
Federal Aviation Administration$13M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration$6.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

530.1MFY2021
535.5MFY2022
582.3MFY2023
617.9MFY2024
664.2MFY2025
652.8MFY2026

County aggregates

96%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Bedford County, Virginia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Bedford County, Virginia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$26.38	$1,436
FY2018	$18.33	$1,552
FY2019	$63.38	$1,654
FY2020	$31.58	$1,880
FY2021	$78.75	$1,810
FY2022	$16.68	$1,917
FY2023	$1,230	$2,079
FY2024	$387	$2,047
FY2025	$12.21	$2,165
FY2026	$96.82 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$0.04	$93.28
FY2018	-$2.35	$105
FY2019	$11.64	$128
FY2020	$5.53	$145
FY2021	$6.26	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$354	$5,748
FY2022	$162	$5,221
FY2023	$1,339	$5,364
FY2024	$586	$5,501
FY2025	$105	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$268	$298
FY2022	$137	$357
FY2023	$92.69	$301
FY2024	$199	$319
FY2025	$84.64	$360
FY2026	$231

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$7.52	$239
FY2022	$17.43	$185
FY2023	$10.10	$229
FY2024	$19.93	$229
FY2025	$22.50	$249
FY2026	$14.95

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$546	$1,186
FY2022	$142	$465
FY2023	$41.74	$76.52
FY2024	$20.69	$120
FY2025	$58.19	$148
FY2026	-$5.48

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Bedford County, Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Bedford County, Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2023

$1,210 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $3.68 (329× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Bedford County, Virginia
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/51019

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bedford County, Virginia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Bedford County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Lynchburg, VA67Central county

Cities and towns in Bedford County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bedford County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
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Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	−4.4%	−4.2%
2015	−1.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+3.3%
2018	+3.6%	+6.8%
2019	+6.7%	+10.5%
2020	+11.0%	+19.4%
2021	+14.7%	+26.1%
2022	+22.3%	+30.6%
2023	+31.3%	+35.0%
2024	+33.0%	+41.0%
2025	+37.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	−4.9%	−5.5%
2015	−1.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+12.5%	+13.5%
2020	+18.7%	+20.8%
2021	+26.8%	+32.1%
2022	+29.1%	+35.4%
2023	+36.0%	+42.9%
2024	+41.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	5.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	−0.4%	−6.9%
2015	−2.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+17.0%	+4.7%
2018	+9.8%	+7.5%
2019	+19.5%	+14.0%
2020	+25.7%	+16.9%
2021	+18.5%	+21.0%
2022	+27.7%	+29.7%
2023	+30.6%	+34.9%
2024	+38.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	−5.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+36.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+50.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+60.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+71.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	5.0%	6.2%
2015	4.4%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.8%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	5.3%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.7%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	9.4%	15.5%
2015	9.1%	14.7%
2016	9.6%	14.0%
2017	9.0%	13.4%
2018	10.4%	13.1%
2019	8.6%	12.3%
2020	6.8%	11.9%
2021	8.8%	12.8%
2022	8.4%	12.6%
2023	9.9%	12.5%
2024	8.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	12.2%	13.5%
2015	10.2%	10.9%
2016	9.1%	10.0%
2017	10.0%	10.2%
2018	10.3%	10.4%
2019	9.2%	10.8%
2020	8.1%	10.4%
2021	7.5%	10.2%
2022	7.6%	9.5%
2023	7.9%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bedford County, Virginia	United States
2014	5.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Bedford County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−3.7 points	−4.3 points	−6.3 points to −1.5 points
Year −2	+0.6 points	+0.7 points	−1.4 points to +3.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.4 points	+1.1 points	+0.4 points to +1.9 points
Year +1	0.0 points	−0.4 points	−2.3 points to +1.4 points
Year +2	+1.1 points	−0.3 points	−1.4 points to +1.2 points

Year	Bedford County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−9.2%	−10.1%	−11.2% to −8.9%
Year −2	−6.2%	−5.2%	−6.9% to −3.5%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+7.4%	+5.4%	+4.2% to +7.6%
Year +1	+8.8%	+9.1%	+7.0% to +11.6%
Year +2	+12.7%	+13.5%	+11.8% to +17.9%

Year	Bedford County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+2.6 points	+2.7 points	+2.4 points to +3.1 points
Year −2	+0.7 points	+0.7 points	+0.6 points to +0.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year +1	+0.3 points	+0.2 points	+0.1 points to +0.3 points
Year +2	+0.6 points	+0.6 points	+0.4 points to +0.7 points

Year	Bedford County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.0%	−8.9%	−11.2% to −7.1%
Year −2	−1.8%	−1.6%	−2.5% to −1.1%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+5.4%	+6.2%	+3.7% to +7.3%
Year +1	+9.7%	+11.2%	+7.8% to +13.2%

Year	Bedford County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.6%	−3.4%	−6.8% to −0.3%
Year −2	−7.2%	−6.8%	−16.5% to −1.7%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+2.3%	+5.3%	+0.4% to +9.5%
Year +1	+8.7%	+8.8%	+2.5% to +20.0%

Year	Bedford County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.6 points	−1.0 points	−2.2 points to −0.4 points
Year −2	+0.4 points	−0.8 points	−2.2 points to +0.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.5 points	−0.8 points	−2.1 points to +0.3 points
Year +1	+0.5 points	−1.2 points	−2.3 points to −0.3 points

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