Bradford vs Port Allegany

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

Bradford and Port Allegany 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 2,430 in Port Allegany). Port Allegany has the higher median household income ($57,837 vs $56,330 in Bradford). Port Allegany has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $76,400 in Bradford).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Port Allegany
Population	7,738	2,430
Median age	39.5 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,330	$57,837
Median home value	$76,400	$105,200
Median gross rent	$745	$865
Housing units	3,574	997
Homeownership rate	62.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Port Allegany
Population	8,355 → 7,738 (-7.4%)	2,262 → 2,430 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$37,473 → $56,330 (+50.3%)	$50,549 → $57,837 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $76,400 (+34.5%)	$83,500 → $105,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $745 (+18.3%)	$723 → $865 (+19.6%)

Bradford

Population

8,3557,738

Median household income

$37,473$56,330

Median home value

$56,800$76,400

Median gross rent

$630$745

Port Allegany

Population

2,2622,430

Median household income

$50,549$57,837

Median home value

$83,500$105,200

Median gross rent

$723$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Port Allegany
Under 5	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	24.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.6%
75 and over	6.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Port Allegany
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Port Allegany
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Port Allegany
Drove alone	73.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.8%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	8.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.7%
Other means	2.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Port Allegany
1-unit, detached	73.4%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Port Allegany
Poverty rate	24.4%	25.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1938	1948