Bradford vs Piqua

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

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

Piqua has the higher population (20,533 vs 1,615 in Bradford). Piqua has the higher median household income ($63,770 vs $62,250 in Bradford). Bradford has the higher median home value ($125,500 vs $124,900 in Piqua).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Piqua
Population	1,615	20,533
Median age	46.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,250	$63,770
Median home value	$125,500	$124,900
Median gross rent	$856	$896
Housing units	734	9,372
Homeownership rate	73.0%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Piqua
Population	2,170 → 1,615 (-25.6%)	21,028 → 20,533 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$51,895 → $62,250 (+20.0%)	$43,061 → $63,770 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $125,500 (+49.2%)	$87,100 → $124,900 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $856 (+5.7%)	$734 → $896 (+22.1%)

Bradford

Population

2,1701,615

Median household income

$51,895$62,250

Median home value

$84,100$125,500

Median gross rent

$810$856

Piqua

Population

21,02820,533

Median household income

$43,061$63,770

Median home value

$87,100$124,900

Median gross rent

$734$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Piqua
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.8%
75 and over	8.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Piqua
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Piqua
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	52.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Piqua
Drove alone	84.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.1%
Other means	3.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Piqua
1-unit, detached	97.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Piqua
Poverty rate	14.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1943	1952