[5] Sharing a southern border with the city of Toledo, Ohio, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of the city of Detroit, the township is one of the southernmost areas included in the Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area (Metro Detroit).

Bedford Township is located in Monroe County along the southern border of Michigan.

18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Between 2010 and 2012, facing budget constraints and a declining enrollment, the school board decided to close Smith Road Elementary and Temperance Road Elementary.

Spring Arbor University operates a location geared for adults in Lambertville, and Monroe County Community College operates a branch of its college in Bedford Township named the Whitman Center.

Previously St. Anthony School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit was in Temperance.

In addition, the nearby Toledo Blade daily newspaper covers Bedford Township and the surrounding community.