Bradford vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (1,622 vs 1,326 in Bradford). Bradford has the higher median household income ($96,213 vs $90,938 in Williamstown). Bradford has the higher median home value ($246,400 vs $182,200 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford	Williamstown
Population	1,326	1,622
Median age	42.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,213	$90,938
Median home value	$246,400	$182,200
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,732
Housing units	500	641
Homeownership rate	71.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford	Williamstown
Population	526 → 1,326 (+152.1%)	1,017 → 1,622 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $96,213 (+148.3%)	$61,005 → $90,938 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $246,400 (+69.0%)	$136,800 → $182,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,072 (+28.8%)	$835 → $1,732 (+107.4%)

Bradford

Population

5261,326

Median household income

$38,750$96,213

Median home value

$145,800$246,400

Median gross rent

$832$1,072

Williamstown

Population

1,0171,622

Median household income

$61,005$90,938

Median home value

$136,800$182,200

Median gross rent

$835$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford	Williamstown
Under 5	2.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	19.4%	18.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.5%
75 and over	6.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford	Williamstown
No high school diploma	0.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford	Williamstown
Drove alone	57.6%	88.5%
Carpooled	26.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	63.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Bradford	Williamstown
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1984