Bradford vs Smethport

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

Bradford and Smethport 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 1,516 in Smethport). Smethport has the higher median household income ($62,143 vs $56,330 in Bradford). Smethport has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $76,400 in Bradford).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Smethport
Population	7,738	1,516
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,330	$62,143
Median home value	$76,400	$115,000
Median gross rent	$745	$768
Housing units	3,574	731
Homeownership rate	62.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Smethport
Population	8,355 → 7,738 (-7.4%)	1,601 → 1,516 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$37,473 → $56,330 (+50.3%)	$55,625 → $62,143 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $76,400 (+34.5%)	$90,300 → $115,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $745 (+18.3%)	$688 → $768 (+11.6%)

Bradford

Population

8,3557,738

Median household income

$37,473$56,330

Median home value

$56,800$76,400

Median gross rent

$630$745

Smethport

Population

1,6011,516

Median household income

$55,625$62,143

Median home value

$90,300$115,000

Median gross rent

$688$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Smethport
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.3%
75 and over	6.1%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Smethport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Smethport
No high school diploma	11.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	47.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Smethport
Drove alone	73.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.3%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	11.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.1%
Other means	2.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Smethport
1-unit, detached	73.4%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Smethport
Poverty rate	24.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1938	1941