Bristol city vs Radford city

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol city and Radford city: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristol city and Radford city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bristol city has the higher population (17,024 vs 16,505 in Radford city). Radford city has the higher median household income ($52,791 vs $44,706 in Bristol city). Radford city has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $168,700 in Bristol city).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol city	Radford city
Population	17,024	16,505
Median age	42.6 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,706	$52,791
Median home value	$168,700	$211,700
Median gross rent	$775	$966
Housing units	8,654	6,457
Homeownership rate	63.1%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol city	Radford city
Population	16,912 → 17,024 (+0.7%)	17,691 → 16,505 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $44,706 (+19.2%)	$36,297 → $52,791 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $168,700 (+51.0%)	$170,800 → $211,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $775 (+12.8%)	$728 → $966 (+32.7%)

Bristol city

Population

16,91217,024

Median household income

$37,500$44,706

Median home value

$111,700$168,700

Median gross rent

$687$775

Radford city

Population

17,69116,505

Median household income

$36,297$52,791

Median home value

$170,800$211,700

Median gross rent

$728$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol city	Radford city
Under 5	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	42.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	5.6%
75 and over	10.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol city	Radford city
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	81.3%
Black or African American	6.7%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol city	Radford city
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol city	Radford city
Drove alone	79.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	4.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol city	Radford city
1-unit, detached	65.4%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	29.4%
20 or more units	5.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bristol city	Radford city
Poverty rate	18.3%	33.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1966	1976