Bradley, California.
Typical home $664,035 (+3.2% in a year). Salinas, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,663 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $20,579 +3%
- $643,456$664,035 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,753 +12%
- $595,283$664,035 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bradley$3,485
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.
Typical home values in Bradley, CA rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bradley, Monterey County, California
Bradley, in Monterey County, had 69 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Monterey County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Monterey County work in schools and health care, then farming.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bradley is a small community in Monterey County, California, where the population is tiny and daily life moves at an unhurried pace. Its residents are on the younger side, and the town sits among the open country of the county's southern reaches. Summers are hot, winters are mild with little or no snow, and the town gets less rain than many places in the country.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, while others work in farming, forestry and mining. Restaurants, hotels and entertainment, along with professional and business services, also provide much of the work that people in Bradley do.
Things to do. The San Antonio River runs in or beside town, so it is close at hand for anyone who wants to spend time outdoors. Lake San Antonio, a reservoir a short drive away, is another option for a day out. Hearst Castle, a protected area a longer drive away, is one of the best known sights in the region.
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- 10%below the poverty line
What people in Monterey County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monterey County had 198,525 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 60° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 94° and lows near 53°. About 12 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Paso Robles Municipal Airport weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Monterey County
- Foothill PackingAgriculture production or harvesting crews3,128
- Premier Packing of CaliforniaFarm labor contractors2,754
- PRO AG HarvestingFarm labor contractors2,687
- Taylor Fresh FoodsPacking fruits and vegetables2,619
- Community Hosp. Monterey PeninsulaGeneral hospital2,046FTE
- Dominguez FarmsFarm labor contractors2,042
- Camarillo Harvesting, LLC SalinasStrawberry farming2,000
- Tanimura & AntleVegetable and potato farming, vegetable dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production1,889
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 371 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 79,481 people in all across the county; Bradley has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- DroughtVery high
- LandslidesVery high
- WildfireVery high
- EarthquakesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bradley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Monterey County and the Salinas, CA metro.
Bradley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bradley$664,035
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Bradley listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bradley17.32%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bradley30
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bradley5
Zip codes with a Bradley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bradley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.