Bradshaw vs War

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

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

War has the higher population (593 vs 274 in Bradshaw). Bradshaw has the higher median household income ($21,808 vs $20,852 in War). Bradshaw has the higher median home value ($54,800 vs $28,800 in War).

Population, income & housing

	Bradshaw	War
Population	274	593
Median age	50.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,808	$20,852
Median home value	$54,800	$28,800
Median gross rent	—	$722
Housing units	199	361
Homeownership rate	66.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	28.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradshaw	War
Population	212 → 274 (+29.2%)	760 → 593 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$24,643 → $21,808 (-11.5%)	$18,611 → $20,852 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$59,300 → $54,800 (-7.6%)	$39,200 → $28,800 (-26.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $542 (-19.7%)	$548 → $722 (+31.8%)

Bradshaw

Population

212274

Median household income

$24,643$21,808

Median home value

$59,300$54,800

Median gross rent

$675$542

War

Population

760593

Median household income

$18,611$20,852

Median home value

$39,200$28,800

Median gross rent

$548$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradshaw	War
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.6%	23.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	2.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.9%
75 and over	27.4%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradshaw	War
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.0%
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	7.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradshaw	War
No high school diploma	13.1%	27.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradshaw	War
Drove alone	75.0%	54.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	12.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradshaw	War
1-unit, detached	87.4%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Bradshaw	War
Poverty rate	15.0%	39.0%
Average household size	1.67	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	40	48
Median year structure built	1938	1955