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Place dossier plate
SheetRI-BRADFORD-RI Β· Bradford, RI 1,437 pop Β· income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bradford
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bradford on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Miami Β· lowest
44,286
Miami Β· lowest
44,286 median HH income
36.0% of the leader Β· rank #1
Morris Β· near
108,274
Morris Β· near
108,274 median HH income
88.0% of the leader Β· rank #2
Egypt Β· near
108,284
Egypt Β· near
108,284 median HH income
88.0% of the leader Β· rank #3
Bradford Β· this city
108,295
Bradford Β· this city
108,295 median HH income
88.0% of the leader Β· rank #4
Bullard Β· near
108,304
Bullard Β· near
108,304 median HH income
88.0% of the leader Β· rank #5
Calverton Β· near
108,315
Calverton Β· near
108,315 median HH income
88.0% of the leader Β· rank #6
Carolina Β· highest
123,063
Carolina Β· highest
123,063 median HH income
100.0% of the leader Β· rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bradford on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,437.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Bradford lands in the 82nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
82nd
percentile, household income
76th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
π How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bradford, RI
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,437 residents in Bradford, a small town within Rhode Island. Median household income here is $108,295 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.5%. Typical homes in Bradford are valued around $387,100, and the median resident age is 37.1 years. 41.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Rhode Island tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Rhode Island at 102.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,729 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Rhode Island run around $318, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 56.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bradford's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bradford, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Bradford?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Bradford?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bradford?
Within Rhode Island, the closest population matches are Carolina (1,238 residents, $123,063 income); Charlestown (1,648 residents, $113,281 income); Ashaway (1,682 residents, $101,165 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Arlington, NE (1,437 residents); Sawyerwood, OH (1,437 residents); Patton, TX (1,437 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
High income Β· poverty 7.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
102.3 (US=100)
Above-average cost Β· BEA RPP 2024, Rhode Island average
C+
City profile score Β· Bradford, RI
60/100
4 published dimensions Β· ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A-
$108,295
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop β₯1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
41.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
102.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 β national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bradford profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 81/100 (A-) Β· $108,295
Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) Β· 41.2%
Poverty rate: 50/100 (C-) Β· 7.5%
Cost of living: 30/100 (F) Β· 102.3 index
How does Bradford compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bradford stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value76% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bradford against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Rhode Island only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Rhode Island-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bradford near the bottom of Rhode Island's cities
Among the 36 Rhode Island cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bradford ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bradford only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#8 of 33
76th percentile in Rhode Island
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 36
0th percentile in Rhode Island
Median Home Value
#15 of 35
57th percentile in Rhode Island
Poverty Rate
#12 of 36
67th percentile in Rhode Island
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#16 of 36
56th percentile in Rhode Island
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Rhode Island only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Bradford's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$387,10024th percentilemore affordable than 24% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates Β· 2023
Bradford's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6Γ
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0β5.0Γ
National rank
#9,267 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,447 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6Γ, Bradford sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,267 of 15,516 and #7,447 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value Γ· median household income for cities with both fields and population β₯ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0β5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$108,295Bradford, RI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bradford, RI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bradford, RI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,437
Median Income
$108,295
Median Home Value
$387,100
Median Age
37.1
Poverty Rate
7.5%
Labor force participation
52.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
41.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.5%
Carpool
13.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.4%
Other
5.8%
Based on 685 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Rhode Island statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $318
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Rhode Island at $318 (electricity about $155 , water and sewer about $58 ).
These are Rhode Island statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bradford. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Rhode Island's BEA cost-of-living index is 102.3 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bradford is $1,729/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Rhode Island statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 56.6 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Rhode Island statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bradford sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bradford compares to similar-size Rhode Island cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.