Breezewood, Pennsylvania.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Living in Breezewood, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
The Census does not count Breezewood on its own, so the figures here are Bedford County's. Half the county's households earn more than $59,992 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 78% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Bedford County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bedford County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Breezewood lies in Bedford County in south central Pennsylvania. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes are lower than across the nation as a whole. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall through much of the year.
Work. Across Bedford County, unemployment has eased over the past year, and the number of jobs has slipped a little. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in factories, or in the building trades. Fewer adults hold a degree than in many parts of the country, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Fort Bedford, a museum, is a longer drive away and is a place to learn about the area's past. Shaffer Creek, a river a short drive away, is a easy place to spend time by the water. Warriors Path State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away and is worth a visit for those who enjoy open land.
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- 19,750households
- 47.5median age
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Bedford County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bedford County had 16,405 jobs in 2025, 1.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 61°. About 27 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Everett weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bedford County
- WalmartRefrigerated warehousing and storage968
- Omni Bedford SpringsHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities508
- New Enterprise Stone Lime CoIncHighway street and bridge construction502
- REIGeneral warehousing and storage279
- Creative PultrusionsSheet, laminated plastics, manufacturing266
- JLGAerial work platforms manufacturing240
- JLGAerial work platforms manufacturing237
- Upmc BedfordGeneral hospital231FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 38 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,358 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Bedford County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bedford County.
Breezewood home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Breezewood address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Breezewood — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.