Bradford vs Foster Brook

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

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

Bradford has the higher population (7,738 vs 1,019 in Foster Brook). Foster Brook has the higher median household income ($69,659 vs $56,330 in Bradford). Foster Brook has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $76,400 in Bradford).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Foster Brook
Population	7,738	1,019
Median age	39.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,330	$69,659
Median home value	$76,400	$109,100
Median gross rent	$745	$709
Housing units	3,574	482
Homeownership rate	62.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Foster Brook
Population	8,355 → 7,738 (-7.4%)	1,086 → 1,019 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$37,473 → $56,330 (+50.3%)	$52,344 → $69,659 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $76,400 (+34.5%)	$85,000 → $109,100 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $745 (+18.3%)	$687 → $709 (+3.2%)

Bradford

Population

8,3557,738

Median household income

$37,473$56,330

Median home value

$56,800$76,400

Median gross rent

$630$745

Foster Brook

Population

1,0861,019

Median household income

$52,344$69,659

Median home value

$85,000$109,100

Median gross rent

$687$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Foster Brook
Under 5	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	24.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.2%
75 and over	6.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Foster Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Foster Brook
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	47.0%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Foster Brook
Drove alone	73.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.1%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Foster Brook
1-unit, detached	73.4%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Foster Brook
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1938	1947