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Home values, rents and more in the Bedford metro area

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$206,000
Indiana: $257,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.2%
Indiana: +2.9% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,036/mo
Indiana: $1,367 · U.S.: $1,932
Population
45,568
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$66,468
Indiana: $71,957 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Bedford metro, shaded by typical home valueLawrence
  • Under $200k
  • $200k–$210k
  • $210k–$220k
  • $220k–$280k
  • $280k+
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Counties around the Bedford metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Bedford metro compares

The typical home in the Bedford metro area is worth about $206,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Bedford metro are 20% below the typical value in Indiana ($257,000) and 44% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Bedford metro rose 2.2%, compared with +2.9% in Indiana and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,036 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 24% below Indiana ($1,367) and 46% below the U.S. ($1,932).

The median household income is $66,468, against $71,957 in Indiana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 45,568 people live in the Bedford metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Bedford metro has the 279th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 12th-lowest of 37 in Indiana with Zillow figures.

Part of: Indiana

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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