Bradley County vs Washington County

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

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

Washington County has the higher population (134,693 vs 109,743 in Bradley County). Bradley County has the higher median household income ($63,789 vs $61,051 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $230,800 in Bradley County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley County	Washington County
Population	109,743	134,693
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,789	$61,051
Median home value	$230,800	$231,700
Median gross rent	$959	$951
Housing units	45,411	61,426
Homeownership rate	67.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley County	Washington County
Population	105,749 → 109,743 (+3.8%)	127,805 → 134,693 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$51,331 → $63,789 (+24.3%)	$48,334 → $61,051 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $230,800 (+43.4%)	$163,000 → $231,700 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $959 (+23.4%)	$757 → $951 (+25.6%)

Bradley County

Population

105,749109,743

Median household income

$51,331$63,789

Median home value

$161,000$230,800

Median gross rent

$777$959

Washington County

Population

127,805134,693

Median household income

$48,334$61,051

Median home value

$163,000$231,700

Median gross rent

$757$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley County	Washington County
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.1%
75 and over	7.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley County	Washington County
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley County	Washington County
Drove alone	79.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	10.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Bradley County	Washington County
Poverty rate	13.1%	15.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1985	1986