Best PlacesBedford, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bedford, 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 ranks 989th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low taxes, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bedford
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bedford ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 71% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of cities
Where Bedford ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bedford
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bedford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $92,666; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 8 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
Bedford'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.
Who works in Bedford, and how
Work in Bedford centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bedford
Bedford has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bedford and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bedford, month by month
Bedford sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Bedford
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bedford
Schools across Bedford average a B, better than 61% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Meadow Creek ElA− · 59% proficient
- Bedford Heights ElB+ · 53% proficient
- Shady Oaks ElB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harwood J HA · 63% proficient
- Bedford J HA · 62% proficient
- Central J HA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Colleyville Heritage H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Trinity H SC+ · 35% proficient
- Bell H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bedford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bedford 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bedford suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bedford
Is Bedford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bedford ranks 989th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bedford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $356,900. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $92,666 median income, cost of living beats 61% of cities.
Is Bedford safe?
Bedford is safer than 33% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $409 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bedford?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 35. That works out to about 105 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of cities.
Is Bedford good for families?
Schools beat 61% of cities, crime safety beats 33%, and childcare runs $907 a month.
Compare Bedford with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bedford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bedford 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bedford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bedford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bedford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bedford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bedford 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.