Bradley vs Crab Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Bradley and Crab Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crab Orchard has the higher population (1,877 vs 1,429 in Bradley). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($59,122 vs $58,984 in Bradley). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $88,600 in Bradley).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
Population	1,429	1,877
Median age	36.8 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,984	$59,122
Median home value	$88,600	$208,000
Median gross rent	$826	—
Housing units	644	942
Homeownership rate	65.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	21.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
Population	1,741 → 1,429 (-17.9%)	2,579 → 1,877 (-27.2%)
Median household income	$36,023 → $58,984 (+63.7%)	$42,827 → $59,122 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $88,600 (-23.2%)	$102,500 → $208,000 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $826 (+19.9%)	$536 → $581 (+8.4%)

Bradley

Population

1,7411,429

Median household income

$36,023$58,984

Median home value

$115,400$88,600

Median gross rent

$689$826

Crab Orchard

Population

2,5791,877

Median household income

$42,827$59,122

Median home value

$102,500$208,000

Median gross rent

$536$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
Under 5	6.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	14.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	22.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	5.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.9%
75 and over	9.4%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
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	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	23.3%	18.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	75.7%	70.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	12.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	42.5%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bradley	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	14.8%	19.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1978	1971