Bradford is a

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(CDP) and the main village in the

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Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

in Merrimack County,

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

, United States. The population of the CDP was 372 at the 2020 census, out of 1,662 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP occupies the northeast part of the town of Bradford, at the outlet of Todd Lake. The northern border of the CDP follows the Bradford/ Newbury town line, while the southern boundary follows the

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and its

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. The CDP is bordered to the east by

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. Route 114 leads north to

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and southeast to Henniker.

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passes through the center of the CDP, leading east to

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and northwest to Newport. According to the

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, the Bradford CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.98%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 356 people, 144 households, and 97 families residing in the CDP. There were 174 housing units, of which 30, or 17.2%, were vacant. 14 of the vacant units were seasonal or vacation properties. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.2%

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, 0.3%

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, 1.4% Native American, 0.6%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 2.2% from two or more races. 2.2% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 144 households in the CDP, 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were headed by

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living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47, and the average family size was 2.88. 21.1% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 9.8% were from age 18 to 24, 21.1% were from 25 to 44, 36.5% were from 45 to 64, and 11.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.6 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $54,583, and the median income for a family was $63,438. The

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for the CDP was $21,501. 9.7% of the population and 8.8% of families were below the poverty line, along with 16.2% of people under the age of 18 and 6.8% of people 65 or older.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Merrimack County, New Hampshire