Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A typical home costs 3 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income.
Trash day: MondayBradford’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living. Only 37 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on cost of living. 8.6% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bradford, below both Ohio’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (29%). Bradford Junction Interlocking Tower is on the National Register of Historic Places. Bradford has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bradford beats most towns.
Bradford Junction Interlocking TowerWhere Bradford’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Bradford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 409 in 1870, 1,796 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 4 maps from 1911 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bradford, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bradford.
Most working residents leave Bradford for work: only 3% work in town. 15% of Bradford residents live below the poverty line, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Bradford has added 103 jobs, to 266 in 2023.
| Bradford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 5.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bradford has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Bradford home is worth about $219,000, up 6.6% in a year, 11% below the Ohio typical home. Bradford’s median rent is $868 a month.
| Bradford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $868 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bradford beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 18% of Bradford adults binge drink.
| Bradford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bradford | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Y Yard Park | 0.2 mi | 5 |
| 2. Iddings Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bradford
About 7 of every 100 Bradford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Village in Ohio, United States
Bradford is a village in Darke and Miami counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,796 at the 2020 census. The Miami County portion of Bradford is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Darke County portion is part of the Greenville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
2 notable people were born here, including Allen Sothoron and William W. Ullery.