Bradley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, on the Salinas River 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of San Ardo and 20 miles (32 km) north of Paso Robles.

The Southern Pacific Railroad reached Bradley in 1886, and a post office was established the same year.

[6] The name honors Bradley V. Sargent, who owned the land on which the railway station was built.

[4] It is accessible from Exit 252 on U.S. Route 101, which leads northwest 79 miles (127 km) to Salinas, the Monterey county seat, and south 48 miles (77 km) to San Luis Obispo.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bradley CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.

[3] This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures below 71.6 °F.

There were 42 housing units at an average density of 397.4 per square mile (153.4/km2).

There were 11.1% of families and 19.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including 32.4% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.