Bradford vs Sheffield

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

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

Sheffield has the higher population (1,204 vs 196 in Bradford). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($64,297 vs $63,182 in Bradford). Since 2019, Bradford's population has grown faster (+197.0% vs +1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Sheffield
Population	196	1,204
Median age	33.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,182	$64,297
Median home value	—	$138,500
Median gross rent	—	$648
Housing units	98	506
Homeownership rate	62.5%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Sheffield
Population	66 → 196 (+197.0%)	1,190 → 1,204 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$56,548 → $63,182 (+11.7%)	$50,625 → $64,297 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$68,700 → $100,800 (+46.7%)	$97,400 → $138,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $648 (-3.4%)

Bradford

Population

66196

Median household income

$56,548$63,182

Median home value

$68,700$100,800

Sheffield

Population

1,1901,204

Median household income

$50,625$64,297

Median home value

$97,400$138,500

Median gross rent

$671$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Sheffield
Under 5	10.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	36.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	29.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.0%
75 and over	10.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Sheffield
No high school diploma	22.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	45.7%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Sheffield
Drove alone	100.0%	61.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Sheffield
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1938	1958