Bradley vs Buckner

A side-by-side comparison of Bradley and Buckner: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradley and Buckner are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bradley has the higher population (497 vs 257 in Buckner). Buckner has the higher median household income ($94,861 vs $30,732 in Bradley). Since 2019, Buckner's population has grown faster (+8.4% vs +5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley	Buckner
Population	497	257
Median age	53.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,732	$94,861
Median home value	$64,000	—
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	350	116
Homeownership rate	64.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley	Buckner
Population	471 → 497 (+5.5%)	237 → 257 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$19,444 → $30,732 (+58.1%)	$25,750 → $94,861 (+268.4%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $64,000 (+104.5%)	$34,400 → $19,500 (-43.3%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $525 (+21.2%)	—

Bradley

Population

471497

Median household income

$19,444$30,732

Median home value

$31,300$64,000

Median gross rent

$433$525

Buckner

Population

237257

Median household income

$25,750$94,861

Median home value

$34,400$19,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley	Buckner
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	15.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.3%
35 to 44	4.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	47.1%
65 to 74	28.8%	3.9%
75 and over	6.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley	Buckner
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	29.6%
Black or African American	61.6%	64.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley	Buckner
No high school diploma	48.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	24.5%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley	Buckner
Drove alone	91.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley	Buckner
1-unit, detached	66.3%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradley	Buckner
Poverty rate	27.6%	12.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1977	1973