Best PlacesBedford, WY 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. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bedford ranks 5,039th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
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
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$124,382 median, better than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 146 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
Where Bedford ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bedford
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bedford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,382, 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's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bedford
Bedford runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger 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 other services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Bedford
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bedford.
What the weather is like in Bedford, month by month
Bedford sees roughly 146 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 5° |
| April | 49° | 36° | 26° |
| July | 81° | 62° | 43° |
| October | 56° | 39° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Bedford
The nearest airport, Jackson Hole, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bedford
Schools across Bedford average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thayne ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Etna ElementaryA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Star Valley High SchoolB+ · 54% 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 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bedford
Is Bedford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bedford ranks 5,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low taxes, and low crime, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. 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 $465,591. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $124,382 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Bedford safe?
Yes, Bedford is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare Bedford with other towns
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
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