Bradley vs Sophia

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

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

Sophia has the higher population (1,654 vs 1,429 in Bradley). Bradley has the higher median household income ($58,984 vs $34,498 in Sophia). Sophia has the higher median home value ($112,900 vs $88,600 in Bradley).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley	Sophia
Population	1,429	1,654
Median age	36.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,984	$34,498
Median home value	$88,600	$112,900
Median gross rent	$826	$782
Housing units	644	788
Homeownership rate	65.7%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley	Sophia
Population	1,741 → 1,429 (-17.9%)	1,109 → 1,654 (+49.1%)
Median household income	$36,023 → $58,984 (+63.7%)	$26,955 → $34,498 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $88,600 (-23.2%)	$76,000 → $112,900 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $826 (+19.9%)	$690 → $782 (+13.3%)

Bradley

Population

1,7411,429

Median household income

$36,023$58,984

Median home value

$115,400$88,600

Median gross rent

$689$826

Sophia

Population

1,1091,654

Median household income

$26,955$34,498

Median home value

$76,000$112,900

Median gross rent

$690$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley	Sophia
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	5.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	14.6%	13.6%
25 to 34	22.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	5.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.2%
75 and over	9.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley	Sophia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.3%
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	Sophia
No high school diploma	23.3%	25.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley	Sophia
Drove alone	75.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	5.4%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley	Sophia
1-unit, detached	42.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bradley	Sophia
Poverty rate	14.8%	25.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1978	1969