9,935 people (2024 Census estimate, −5.3% since 2020)
649 square miles of land · 15 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Bradley County in the area they serve, reporting 11,749 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WARREN WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000066 | 6,001 served |
| SE BRADLEY CO WATER ASSN groundwater · local government · AR0000870 | 2,713 served |
| BRADLEY CO RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION buys groundwater · local government · AR0000054 | 1,163 served |
| HERMITAGE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000067 | 830 served |
| SW WARREN WATER ASSOCIATION buys groundwater · local government · AR0000852 | 765 served |
| BANKS WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000068 | 244 served |
| CORINTH VALLEY WATER SYSTEM buys groundwater · local government · AR0000927 | 33 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 6 people were held in Bradley County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2011), or 83 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2006 it was about 15.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Bradley County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $44.3 million — $21.7 million to run schools, about $15,237 per student, plus $21.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $19.1 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5 million.
Spent $6.8 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $14,215 per student, plus $318,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $800,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bradley County about $5.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
103 bridges in Bradley County: 52 in good condition, 47 fair, and 4 poor (3.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 278 S-12 LM 5.7 over EAGLE CREEK · built 1954 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| SH 189 S-2 LM 0.49 over CREEK · built 1967 | 440 vehicles a day |
| Bradley CR 65 Z-F over Creek · built 2015 | 163 vehicles a day |
| EMCO OIL FIELD RD over CHARIVARI CREEK · built 1960 | 1 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $127,510 of work in Bradley County in fiscal 2025, about $12 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02. Absentee application due (by mail, email, or fax): 2026-10-27. Absentee ballot hand-delivered by you: last day: 2026-10-30. Election Day — and mailed absentee ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03. Provisional ballot: show your ID by noon: 2026-11-09. General runoff (only where a race needs one): 2026-12-01.
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State, 2026 election calendar · Fayetteville Flyer, Oct. 5, 2026 · sos.arkansas.gov — voting in Arkansas
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Bradley County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Bradley County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Calhoun County (21 mi) · Drew County (27 mi) · Cleveland County (29 mi) · Ashley County (30 mi) · Union County (32 mi) · Ouachita County (42 mi).