Bradford vs McRae

A side-by-side comparison of Bradford and McRae: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McRae has the higher population (717 vs 513 in Bradford). McRae has the higher median household income ($35,333 vs $31,375 in Bradford). Bradford has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $81,800 in McRae).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	McRae
Population	513	717
Median age	35.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,375	$35,333
Median home value	$87,500	$81,800
Median gross rent	$450	$721
Housing units	285	337
Homeownership rate	49.8%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	McRae
Population	744 → 513 (-31.0%)	761 → 717 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$31,450 → $31,375 (-0.2%)	$30,694 → $35,333 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $87,500 (+48.8%)	$69,700 → $81,800 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $450 (-10.9%)	$521 → $721 (+38.4%)

Bradford

Population

744513

Median household income

$31,450$31,375

Median home value

$58,800$87,500

Median gross rent

$505$450

McRae

Population

761717

Median household income

$30,694$35,333

Median home value

$69,700$81,800

Median gross rent

$521$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	McRae
Under 5	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.6%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.9%
75 and over	5.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	McRae
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	McRae
No high school diploma	17.7%	21.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	McRae
Drove alone	91.4%	96.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	McRae
1-unit, detached	60.4%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	4.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	McRae
Poverty rate	30.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1982	1991