Bradford County vs Pike County

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

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

Bradford County has the higher population (59,971 vs 59,691 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($79,318 vs $62,482 in Bradford County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $182,300 in Bradford County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradford County	Pike County
Population	59,971	59,691
Median age	43.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,482	$79,318
Median home value	$182,300	$250,900
Median gross rent	$868	$1,383
Housing units	29,421	39,948
Homeownership rate	72.3%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradford County	Pike County
Population	60,963 → 59,971 (-1.6%)	55,453 → 59,691 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$52,358 → $62,482 (+19.3%)	$65,928 → $79,318 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $182,300 (+21.0%)	$185,700 → $250,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $868 (+17.6%)	$1,200 → $1,383 (+15.3%)

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

Pike County

Population

55,45359,691

Median household income

$65,928$79,318

Median home value

$185,700$250,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradford County	Pike County
Under 5	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.1%
75 and over	9.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradford County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradford County	Pike County
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	46.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradford County	Pike County
Drove alone	79.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	2.3%
Walked	4.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.1%	12.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradford County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Bradford County	Pike County
Poverty rate	13.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1968	1985