Who is the Bedford County Clerk of the Circuit Court?

Judy E. Reynolds is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Bedford County, Virginia.

Who is the Bedford County Commissioner of the Revenue?

Tracy T. Patterson is the Commissioner of the Revenue of Bedford County, Virginia.

Who is the Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney?

W. W. "Wes" Nance is the Commonwealth's Attorney of Bedford County, Virginia. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Bedford County Sheriff?

Mike W. Miller is the Sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia.

Who is the Bedford County Treasurer?

William M. Perrow is the Treasurer of Bedford County, Virginia.

Who are the Bedford County commissioners?

Mickey M. Johnson (Supervisor, District 1); Tommy W. Scott (Supervisor, District 5); Bob W. Davis (Supervisor, District 6); Tamara F. "Tammy" Parker (Supervisor, District 7); Edgar R. Tuck (Supervisor, District 2); Charla Faye Bansley (Supervisor, District 3); John R. Sharp, Sr. (Supervisor, District 4).

Who is on the Bedford County School Board?

Jordan A. Karnes (District 1); Dora Garcia Purvis (District 5); Kurt W. Hubach (District 6); Chris V. Daniels (District 7); Matthew P. Holbrook (District 2); Steven K. Hill (District 3); Jill C. Dobson (District 4).

What is the population of Bedford County?

About 80,894 people, with a median age of 47.2; the median household income is $78,937 and 8.1% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Bedford County?

3.6% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,383 people unemployed in a labor force of 38,096, against 3.2% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Bedford County?

5 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 municipal and 3 special district governments.

Bedford County, VA elected officials: supervisors or council members, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Bedford County: 19 seats on 7 elected bodies. 1 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of Supervisors (counties) or City Council (cities)

Bedford County Board of Supervisors

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now
Supervisor, District 1	Mickey M. Johnson source
Supervisor, District 5	Tommy W. Scott source
Supervisor, District 6	Bob W. Davis source
Supervisor, District 7	Tamara F. "Tammy" Parker source
Supervisor, District 2	Edgar R. Tuck source
Supervisor, District 3	Charla Faye Bansley source
Supervisor, District 4	John R. Sharp, Sr. source

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Clerk of the Circuit Court	Judy E. Reynolds source
Commissioner of the Revenue	Tracy T. Patterson source
Commonwealth's Attorney	W. W. "Wes" Nance source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Mike W. Miller source
Treasurer	William M. Perrow source

School Board

Bedford County School Board

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now
School Board Member, District 1	Jordan A. Karnes source
School Board Member, District 5	Dora Garcia Purvis source
School Board Member, District 6	Kurt W. Hubach source
School Board Member, District 7	Chris V. Daniels source
School Board Member, District 2	Matthew P. Holbrook source
School Board Member, District 3	Steven K. Hill source
School Board Member, District 4	Jill C. Dobson source

Official website

How many local governments Bedford County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 5 local governments in Bedford County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	1	0
School districts (school boards)	0	1
Special districts (elected boards)	3	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (1 in Bedford County), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Bedford County

80,894people

47.2median ageU.S.: 38.9

$78,937 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

8.1%below the U.S.: 12.5%

33.7%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$297,400median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.1%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

8.3%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

5.7%U.S.: 8.4%

44.9%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

21.3%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.8% · White 85% · Black 6.3% · Asian 1.3% · Other or more than one race 4.6% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Bedford County

3.6%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.2%. Virginia: 3.6%.

1,383people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

36,713people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

38,096in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.6%	1,383	36,713	38,096
August 2026	3.4%	1,305	36,773	38,078
July 2026	3.6%	1,385	36,885	38,270
June 2026	3.9%	1,492	36,861	38,353
May 2026	3.5%	1,353	37,166	38,519
April 2026	3.3%	1,290	37,253	38,543
March 2026	3.7%	1,430	36,846	38,276
February 2026	3.8%	1,438	36,642	38,080
January 2026	3.6%	1,382	36,725	38,107
December 2025	3.3%	1,261	36,575	37,836
November 2025	3.9%	1,492	36,599	38,091
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.2%	1,214	36,855	38,069
August 2025	3.4%	1,293	36,905	38,198
July 2025	3.3%	1,259	36,730	37,989
June 2025	3.5%	1,323	36,927	38,250
May 2025	3.2%	1,237	36,950	38,187
April 2025	3.0%	1,158	37,576	38,734
March 2025	3.2%	1,233	37,305	38,538
February 2025	3.4%	1,291	36,836	38,127
January 2025	3.4%	1,309	36,796	38,105
December 2024	2.9%	1,096	36,958	38,054
November 2024	3.2%	1,238	37,148	38,386
October 2024	3.1%	1,201	37,394	38,595

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	3.3%	1,279	36,914	38,193
2024	3.0%	1,164	37,487	38,651
2023	2.7%	1,061	37,966	39,027
2022	2.7%	1,035	37,385	38,420
2021	3.4%	1,276	36,441	37,717
2020	5.3%	1,993	35,716	37,709
2019	2.8%	1,084	37,586	38,670
2018	3.1%	1,170	37,124	38,294
2017	3.8%	1,444	36,644	38,088
2016	4.0%	1,525	36,185	37,710

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Virginia's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.6% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Bedford County

112.0 per 100,0002025. Virginia: 205.9.

553.8 per 100,0002025. Virginia: 1,353.5.

0murders2025, 93 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	93	112.0	460	553.8
2024	104	125.6	499	602.5
2023	104	127.5	553	677.9
2022	93	114.8	741	914.3
2021	92	114.7	626	780.5
2020	100	126.0	597	752.0
2019	79	100.3	688	873.5
2018	90	115.1	637	814.5
2017	87	111.0	804	1,025.9
2016	52	66.8	769	987.8

By police agency (2)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Bedford County Sheriff's Office	2025	76	351	75,193
Bedford Police Department	2025	17	109	7,873

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Virginia · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.42 per 1,000 residents2025, 2 agencies serving 83,066 people.

118sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

17civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (2), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Bedford County Sheriff's Office	96	12	75,193
Bedford Police Department	22	5	7,873

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	118	1.42	17	2
2024	136	1.64	15	2
2023	118	1.45	12	2
2022	109	1.34	11	2
2021	100	1.25	12	2
2020	105	1.32	12	2
2019	107	1.36	12	2
2018	113	1.44	12	2
2017	112	1.43	10	2
2016	106	1.36	10	2

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Bedford County Clerk of the Circuit Court?: Judy E. Reynolds is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Bedford County, Virginia.
Who is the Bedford County Commissioner of the Revenue?: Tracy T. Patterson is the Commissioner of the Revenue of Bedford County, Virginia.
Who is the Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney?: W. W. "Wes" Nance is the Commonwealth's Attorney of Bedford County, Virginia. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Bedford County Sheriff?: Mike W. Miller is the Sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia.
Who is the Bedford County Treasurer?: William M. Perrow is the Treasurer of Bedford County, Virginia.
Who are the Bedford County commissioners?: Mickey M. Johnson (Supervisor, District 1); Tommy W. Scott (Supervisor, District 5); Bob W. Davis (Supervisor, District 6); Tamara F. "Tammy" Parker (Supervisor, District 7); Edgar R. Tuck (Supervisor, District 2); Charla Faye Bansley (Supervisor, District 3); John R. Sharp, Sr. (Supervisor, District 4).
Who is on the Bedford County School Board?: Jordan A. Karnes (District 1); Dora Garcia Purvis (District 5); Kurt W. Hubach (District 6); Chris V. Daniels (District 7); Matthew P. Holbrook (District 2); Steven K. Hill (District 3); Jill C. Dobson (District 4).
What is the population of Bedford County?: About 80,894 people, with a median age of 47.2; the median household income is $78,937 and 8.1% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Bedford County?: 3.6% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,383 people unemployed in a labor force of 38,096, against 3.2% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Bedford County?: 5 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 municipal and 3 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Virginia Department of Elections' certified results (its Historical Elections Database) of each seat's last election; officials appointed or resigned since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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