Bradford County vs Carbon County

A side-by-side comparison of Bradford County and Carbon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradford County and Carbon County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carbon County has the higher population (65,191 vs 59,971 in Bradford County). Carbon County has the higher median household income ($67,877 vs $62,482 in Bradford County). Carbon County has the higher median home value ($193,700 vs $182,300 in Bradford County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford County	Carbon County
Population	59,971	65,191
Median age	43.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,482	$67,877
Median home value	$182,300	$193,700
Median gross rent	$868	$975
Housing units	29,421	34,299
Homeownership rate	72.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford County	Carbon County
Population	60,963 → 59,971 (-1.6%)	63,887 → 65,191 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$52,358 → $62,482 (+19.3%)	$57,006 → $67,877 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $182,300 (+21.0%)	$146,400 → $193,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $868 (+17.6%)	$830 → $975 (+17.5%)

Bradford County

Population

60,96359,971

Median household income

$52,358$62,482

Median home value

$150,600$182,300

Median gross rent

$738$868

Carbon County

Population

63,88765,191

Median household income

$57,006$67,877

Median home value

$146,400$193,700

Median gross rent

$830$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford County	Carbon County
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.4%
75 and over	9.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford County	Carbon County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford County	Carbon County
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	46.5%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford County	Carbon County
Drove alone	79.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	4.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford County	Carbon County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Bradford County	Carbon County
Poverty rate	13.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1968	1972