Bradford is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 681 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bradford is the 223rd largest community in Arkansas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bradford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bradford is a city of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bradford who work in healthcare (13.64%), maintenance occupations (7.79%), and teaching (7.79%). Also of interest is that Bradford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Bradford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Bradford, just 7.96% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Bradford in 2022 was $18,494, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,976 for a family of four. However, Bradford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bradford also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.80% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Bradford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bradford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bradford include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Bradford is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Tagalog.
