113,782 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.5% since 2020)
329 square miles of land · 346 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.
3 active community water systems list Bradley County in the area they serve, reporting 116,194 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CLEVELAND UTILITIES surface water · local government · TN0000117 | 95,087 served |
| OCOEE UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000525 | 21,082 served |
| HIWASSEE UTILITY COMMISSION surface water · local government · TN0000831 | 25 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 490 people were held in Bradley County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 679 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 536.
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 $118.7 million — $104.4 million to run schools, about $10,165 per student, plus $11.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38.6 million local (mostly property tax), $58.9 million state, $21.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $58.5 million.
Spent $74.9 million — $67.4 million to run schools, about $11,690 per student, plus $4.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.6 million local (mostly property tax), $35.7 million state, $14.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.4 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bradley County about $35.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
199 bridges in Bradley County: 117 in good condition, 77 fair, and 5 poor (2.5%). “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.
| FAU 2259 731647R over SOUTHERN RAILWAY · built 1950 | 5,623 vehicles a day |
| NFA A419 over BRANCH · built 1940 | 1,690 vehicles a day |
| NFA A234 over CANDIES CREEK · built 1965 | 460 vehicles a day |
| NFA 2265 (SA 0612) over CHATATA CREEK · built 1940 | 268 vehicles a day |
| NFA A119 over APISON FORK · built 1935 | 110 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $30.1 million of work in Bradley County in fiscal 2025, about $277 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: 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-29. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-24. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State: elections calendar · Tennessee Secretary of State: registration deadline FAQ · Tennessee Secretary of State: GoVoteTN
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: Polk County (18 mi) · Hamilton County (19 mi) · McMinn County (23 mi) · Catoosa County, GA (24 mi) · Meigs County (25 mi) · Whitfield County, GA (25 mi).