Bradley vs Ware Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Bradley and Ware Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradley and Ware Shoals are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ware Shoals has the higher population (2,207 vs 207 in Bradley). Bradley has the higher median home value ($75,600 vs $63,600 in Ware Shoals). Since 2019, Bradley's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
Population	207	2,207
Median age	36.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,896
Median home value	$75,600	$63,600
Median gross rent	—	$881
Housing units	97	1,044
Homeownership rate	60.0%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
Population	197 → 207 (+5.1%)	2,830 → 2,207 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$38,714 → $42,981 (+11.0%)	$38,342 → $35,896 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$65,300 → $75,600 (+15.8%)	$66,900 → $63,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $881 (+29.7%)

Bradley

Population

197207

Median household income

$38,714$42,981

Median home value

$65,300$75,600

Ware Shoals

Population

2,8302,207

Median household income

$38,342$35,896

Median home value

$66,900$63,600

Median gross rent

$679$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
Under 5	0.0%	22.4%
5 to 17	47.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	26.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	2.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	5.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.9%
75 and over	2.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	49.7%
Black or African American	46.9%	19.8%
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	47.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
No high school diploma	0.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	75.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	4.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
Drove alone	81.5%	87.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	18.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
1-unit, detached	55.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	44.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Bradley	Ware Shoals
Poverty rate	78.3%	51.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1950	1954