Bradley County vs Pike County

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

Bradley County and Pike County are counties in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bradley County has the higher population (10,354 vs 10,182 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($51,000 vs $39,565 in Bradley County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $97,000 in Bradley County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley County	Pike County
Population	10,354	10,182
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,565	$51,000
Median home value	$97,000	$115,400
Median gross rent	$638	$671
Housing units	5,082	5,319
Homeownership rate	66.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley County	Pike County
Population	10,874 → 10,354 (-4.8%)	10,756 → 10,182 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$43,184 → $39,565 (-8.4%)	$40,401 → $51,000 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $97,000 (+8.0%)	$84,900 → $115,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $638 (+9.1%)	$601 → $671 (+11.6%)

Bradley County

Population

10,87410,354

Median household income

$43,184$39,565

Median home value

$89,800$97,000

Median gross rent

$585$638

Pike County

Population

10,75610,182

Median household income

$40,401$51,000

Median home value

$84,900$115,400

Median gross rent

$601$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley County	Pike County
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.0%
75 and over	7.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	84.0%
Black or African American	26.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley County	Pike County
No high school diploma	12.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	45.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley County	Pike County
Drove alone	87.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	3.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	70.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradley County	Pike County
Poverty rate	20.1%	18.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1977	1983