Ashaway vs Bradford

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

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

Ashaway has the higher population (1,682 vs 1,437 in Bradford). Bradford has the higher median household income ($108,295 vs $101,165 in Ashaway). Bradford has the higher median home value ($387,100 vs $305,600 in Ashaway).

Population, income & housing

	Ashaway	Bradford
Population	1,682	1,437
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,165	$108,295
Median home value	$305,600	$387,100
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	654	579
Homeownership rate	69.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashaway	Bradford
Population	1,195 → 1,682 (+40.8%)	1,303 → 1,437 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$104,337 → $101,165 (-3.0%)	$72,428 → $108,295 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $305,600 (+31.7%)	$227,400 → $387,100 (+70.2%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,318 (+35.9%)	$1,017 → $985 (-3.1%)

Ashaway

Population

1,1951,682

Median household income

$104,337$101,165

Median home value

$232,000$305,600

Median gross rent

$970$1,318

Bradford

Population

1,3031,437

Median household income

$72,428$108,295

Median home value

$227,400$387,100

Median gross rent

$1,017$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashaway	Bradford
Under 5	5.2%	13.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	19.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	4.9%
75 and over	2.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashaway	Bradford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	100.0%
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	8.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashaway	Bradford
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashaway	Bradford
Drove alone	95.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	0.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.9%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashaway	Bradford
1-unit, detached	91.3%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashaway	Bradford
Poverty rate	0.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1948	1949