With 7,683 people, Bradford is a city in Pennsylvania. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $85,600. Getting to work takes 15 minutes on average. The poverty rate is 23.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. The foreign-born share is 3%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,161, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bradford
What changed most since 1990
White share96.8% → 91.7%(−5.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population9,625 → 7,683(−20%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.0% → 19.5%(+4.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Bradford's population equals 19% of McKean County's. Its number of households without a car equals 41% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 35% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23%(106)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)38.2%(176)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.4%(140)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.2%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 461 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bradford, decade by decade
Bradford population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,625
$47,284
$70,802
15.0%
7.8
2000
9,175
$48,206
$72,320
16.0%
7.1
2010
8,770
$46,618
$78,834
15.5%
11.3
2020
7,849
$45,129
$74,783
16.7%
22.9
2024
7,683
$56,161
$85,600
19.5%
19.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
