Bradford vs Carolina

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

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

Bradford has the higher population (1,437 vs 1,238 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $108,295 in Bradford). Bradford has the higher median home value ($387,100 vs $366,000 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Carolina
Population	1,437	1,238
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,295	$123,063
Median home value	$387,100	$366,000
Housing units	579	373
Homeownership rate	76.2%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Carolina
Population	1,303 → 1,437 (+10.3%)	803 → 1,238 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$72,428 → $108,295 (+49.5%)	$87,905 → $123,063 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $387,100 (+70.2%)	$265,800 → $366,000 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $985 (-3.1%)	—

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

Carolina

Population

8031,238

Median household income

$87,905$123,063

Median home value

$265,800$366,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Carolina
Under 5	13.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	33.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	18.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.9%	10.7%
75 and over	9.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Carolina
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
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	0.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Carolina
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	38.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Carolina
Drove alone	68.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	0.0%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Carolina
1-unit, detached	68.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	0.0%
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

	Bradford	Carolina
Poverty rate	9.4%	4.2%
Average household size	2.48	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	48
Median year structure built	1949	1971