Outdoor facilities include a swimming pond, a lake for boating, a bikepath to Cambridge, and walking trails through conservation lands. All services are voted by the residents at Bedford's open town meeting. The town is home to a mix of business and industry, which with Middlesex Community College, a veteran's hospital and Hanscom Air Base, employ some 23,000 persons. The unique quality within Bedford is its community spirit. With diverse ethnic, religious and special interest groups, Bedfordites make a conscious effort to be inclusive.
Residents believe it is a fine place to work, visit or call home.
It includes both subsidized affordable units and market rate units in certain eligible subsidized developments. Data is reported for municipalities of 10,000 inhabitants or more. State Route 128 is easily accessible in the neighboring town of Lexington. There is no freight rail service in Bedford, but the network of intermodal facilities serving eastern Massachusetts is easily accessible. The MBTA also offers THE RIDE, a paratransit service for the elderly and disabled.