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Bloomington, IL

79,239 Population
27.1 square miles 2,922.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,201 ±$3,422 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $43,879 ±$2,162
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,106 ±$7,113 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $81,240 ±$3,029
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.6% ±2.8% (8,168  ±2,181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 12.4% † 20,162 (±1.9% / ±3,083)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.8 minutes ±0.7 (536,690  ±27,823) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 18.3 1,295,840 (±0.4 / ±38,908)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

36,445 ±1,515 Number of households
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 72,947 ±978
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (77,198  ±65) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 2.2 162,270 (±0 / ±172)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±2.9% (1,094  ±566) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 4.2% † 1,930 (±1.9% / ±854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

37,624 ±1,528 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 75,761 ±85
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$225,300 ±$12,952 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $231,600 ±$9,062
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.1% ±3% (10,249  ±2,347.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 15.1% † 25,740 (±2% / ±3,402.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.7% ±5.2% (50,177  ±3,362.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 95.9% 101,728 (±4.2% / ±4,567.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
49.4% ±3.8% (26,188  ±2,239.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 48.1% 50,971 (±3% / ±3,212)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.5% ±2.1% (7,513  ±1,645) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 7.3% 12,616
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±1.3% (2,829  ±781) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 4.5% † 6,178 (±0.8% / ±1,037)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,829 Total veterans ±781 2,575 Male ±744 254 Female ±239

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