Bradley vs Coal City

A side-by-side comparison of Bradley and Coal City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bradley has the higher population (1,429 vs 1,236 in Coal City). Bradley has the higher median household income ($58,984 vs $23,750 in Coal City). Since 2019, Bradley's population has grown faster (-17.9% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley	Coal City
Population	1,429	1,236
Median age	36.8 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,984	$23,750
Median home value	$88,600	—
Median gross rent	$826	$453
Housing units	644	821
Homeownership rate	65.7%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley	Coal City
Population	1,741 → 1,429 (-17.9%)	1,725 → 1,236 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$36,023 → $58,984 (+63.7%)	$29,428 → $23,750 (-19.3%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $88,600 (-23.2%)	$78,400 → $71,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $826 (+19.9%)	$383 → $453 (+18.3%)

Bradley

Population

1,7411,429

Median household income

$36,023$58,984

Median home value

$115,400$88,600

Median gross rent

$689$826

Coal City

Population

1,7251,236

Median household income

$29,428$23,750

Median home value

$78,400$71,900

Median gross rent

$383$453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley	Coal City
Under 5	6.2%	11.2%
5 to 17	5.8%	4.0%
18 to 24	14.6%	2.3%
25 to 34	22.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	5.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.0%
75 and over	9.4%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley	Coal City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley	Coal City
No high school diploma	23.3%	31.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley	Coal City
Drove alone	75.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	0.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley	Coal City
1-unit, detached	42.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	36.1%

Poverty & households

	Bradley	Coal City
Poverty rate	14.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1978	1981