† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBradleyIllinoisUnited States
German23.1%16.1%12.5%
Irish13.3%10.6%9.4%
English8.4%6.9%9.5%
Polish6.6%6.0%2.2%
French6.5%0.7%1.6%
Italian5.7%5.4%4.8%
American3.8%3.3%5.3%
Dutch2.0%——
Mexican9.8%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.7%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.3%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
African American†3.4%12.1%9.9%
African3.4%0.5%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bradley
Illinois
United States
Median age
34.7
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
12.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bradley
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$67,420
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.7%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bradley
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
9.3%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bradley
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bradley, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−15.6%
2008
−0.0%
2012
−11.2%
2016
−17.4%
2020
−15.7%
2024
−19.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
38.8%Harris2,622
58.5%Trump3,956
2.7%
R+19.7
R+4.1
R+18.3
6,763
R
40.8%Biden2,844
56.4%Trump3,936
2.8%
R+15.7
D+1.7
R+20.1
6,973
R
37.3%Clinton2,433
54.7%Trump3,569
8.1%
R+17.4
R+6.2
R+19.5
6,529
R
43.4%Obama2,491
54.6%Romney3,135
2.0%
R+11.2
R+11.2
R+15.1
5,742
R
49.0%Obama3,046
49.0%McCain3,047
2.0%
R+0.02
D+15.6
R+7.3
6,215
R
42.1%Kerry2,459
57.8%Bush3,372
0.1%
R+15.6
—
R+13.2
5,838
Bradley sits just north of Kankakee city, forming an urban core in a county that has shifted toward Republican margins over the past two decades while retaining a working-class demographic base that keeps contests competitive at the local level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 19.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.7 points.
A population of 15,325, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,420 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bourbonnais and Kingsford.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bradley, Illinois voted Republican by 19.7 points (R+19.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,763 votes cast, 2,622 went Democratic and 3,956 went Republican.
How many people live in Bradley, Illinois?
Bradley, Illinois has a population of 15,325 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bradley, Illinois?
Median household income in Bradley, Illinois is $67,420 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Bradley, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bradley, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
