Bradshaw vs Gary

A side-by-side comparison of Bradshaw and Gary: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradshaw and Gary are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gary has the higher population (858 vs 274 in Bradshaw). Gary has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $21,808 in Bradshaw). Gary has the higher median home value ($55,600 vs $54,800 in Bradshaw).

Population, income & housing

	Bradshaw	Gary
Population	274	858
Median age	50.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,808	$40,000
Median home value	$54,800	$55,600
Housing units	199	438
Homeownership rate	66.5%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradshaw	Gary
Population	212 → 274 (+29.2%)	628 → 858 (+36.6%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $21,808 (-11.5%)	$25,385 → $40,000 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$59,300 → $54,800 (-7.6%)	$31,800 → $55,600 (+74.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $542 (-19.7%)	—

Bradshaw

Population

212274

Median household income

$24,643$21,808

Median home value

$59,300$54,800

Median gross rent

$675$542

Gary

Population

628858

Median household income

$25,385$40,000

Median home value

$31,800$55,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradshaw	Gary
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	2.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.2%
75 and over	27.4%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradshaw	Gary
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	75.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	12.2%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.3%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradshaw	Gary
No high school diploma	13.1%	18.1%
High school graduate	24.9%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradshaw	Gary
Drove alone	75.0%	99.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradshaw	Gary
1-unit, detached	87.4%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bradshaw	Gary
Poverty rate	15.0%	20.8%
Average household size	1.67	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	40	36
Median year structure built	1938	1938