Best PlacesBedford Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bedford Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bedford Heights ranks 36,782nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bedford Heights
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bedford Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bedford Heights ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Bedford Heights ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bedford Heights
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bedford Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,471, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bedford Heights' effective rate of 1.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bedford Heights
Bedford Heights's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bedford Heights.
Who works in Bedford Heights, and how
Work in Bedford Heights centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Bedford Heights
Bedford Heights has more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bedford Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bedford Heights, month by month
Bedford Heights sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Bedford Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bedford Heights
Schools across Bedford Heights average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moreland Hills Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Columbus Intermediate SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Glendale Primary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ballard Brady Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Heskett Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Warrensville Heights Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Bedford High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Warrensville Heights High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bedford Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bedford Heights measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bedford Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bedford Heights
Is Bedford Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bedford Heights ranks 36,782nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, low disaster risk, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bedford Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,381. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $56,471 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Bedford Heights safe?
Bedford Heights is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $593 per resident a year.
Compare Bedford Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bedford Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bedford Heights represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bedford Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bedford Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bedford Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bedford Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bedford Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bedford Heights detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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