Bradford vs Pittsfield

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (1,882 vs 399 in Bradford). Bradford has the higher median household income ($80,288 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). Bradford has the higher median home value ($309,300 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Pittsfield
Population	399	1,882
Median age	45.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,288	$50,804
Median home value	$309,300	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,167
Housing units	190	1,009
Homeownership rate	69.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Pittsfield
Population	273 → 399 (+46.2%)	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $80,288 (+68.5%)	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$205,600 → $309,300 (+50.4%)	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,352 (+41.3%)	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)

Bradford

Population

273399

Median household income

$47,656$80,288

Median home value

$205,600$309,300

Median gross rent

$957$1,352

Pittsfield

Population

1,6151,882

Median household income

$49,167$50,804

Median home value

$158,900$242,600

Median gross rent

$866$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Pittsfield
Under 5	7.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	21.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	19.1%
75 and over	3.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	96.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Pittsfield
Drove alone	80.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	76.3%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1947	1941