Bradford vs Charlestown

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

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

Charlestown has the higher population (1,648 vs 1,437 in Bradford). Charlestown has the higher median household income ($113,281 vs $108,295 in Bradford). Charlestown has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $387,100 in Bradford).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Charlestown
Population	1,437	1,648
Median age	37.1 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,295	$113,281
Median home value	$387,100	$545,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,216
Housing units	579	1,758
Homeownership rate	76.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Charlestown
Population	1,303 → 1,437 (+10.3%)	1,312 → 1,648 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$72,428 → $108,295 (+49.5%)	$74,706 → $113,281 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $387,100 (+70.2%)	$398,500 → $545,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $985 (-3.1%)	$1,759 → $1,216 (-30.9%)

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

Charlestown

Population

1,3121,648

Median household income

$74,706$113,281

Median home value

$398,500$545,800

Median gross rent

$1,759$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Charlestown
Under 5	13.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	2.5%
18 to 24	0.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	18.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	24.2%
75 and over	9.1%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Charlestown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Charlestown
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Charlestown
Drove alone	68.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	8.6%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Charlestown
1-unit, detached	68.4%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Charlestown
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1949	1973