Bradford County vs Columbia County

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

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

Columbia County has the higher population (65,055 vs 59,971 in Bradford County). Bradford County has the higher median household income ($62,482 vs $61,992 in Columbia County). Columbia County has the higher median home value ($199,200 vs $182,300 in Bradford County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford County	Columbia County
Population	59,971	65,055
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,482	$61,992
Median home value	$182,300	$199,200
Median gross rent	$868	$904
Housing units	29,421	29,775
Homeownership rate	72.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford County	Columbia County
Population	60,963 → 59,971 (-1.6%)	65,715 → 65,055 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$52,358 → $62,482 (+19.3%)	$50,550 → $61,992 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $182,300 (+21.0%)	$151,700 → $199,200 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $868 (+17.6%)	$758 → $904 (+19.3%)

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

Columbia County

Population

65,71565,055

Median household income

$50,550$61,992

Median home value

$151,700$199,200

Median gross rent

$758$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford County	Columbia County
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	14.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.0%
75 and over	9.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford County	Columbia County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford County	Columbia County
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	46.5%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford County	Columbia County
Drove alone	79.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	4.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford County	Columbia County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	3.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bradford County	Columbia County
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1968	1969