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Bloomington, IL

78,591 Population
27.1 square miles 2,898.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 35 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$45,659 ±$3,552 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $43,304 ±$2,984
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$77,577 ±$9,106 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $77,200 ±$6,702
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

8.2% ±2.8% (6,318  ±2,118) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 11.4% † 18,273 (±1.9% / ±3,020)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

16.7 minutes ±0.7 (533,305  ±31,002) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 18.5 1,312,560 (±0.5 / ±47,957)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

33,447 ±1,401 Number of households
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 71,060 ±1,143
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.3 ±0.1 (76,764  ±69) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 2.3 161,369 (±0 / ±267)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

4.4% ±2.8% (946  ±592) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 4.4% † 2,001 (±1.8% / ±793)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

35,910 ±1,267 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 75,631 ±116
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$210,400 ±$12,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $211,000 ±$9,303
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

13.5% ±3% (10,484  ±2,318.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 14.6% † 24,617 (±1.9% / ±3,205.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

94.6% ±5.6% (49,221  ±3,286.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 96.1% 101,894 (±4.2% / ±4,481)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
54.5% ±4.2% (28,340  ±2,354) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 49.6% 52,609 (±2.9% / ±3,070.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

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

10.5% ±1.7% (8,282  ±1,336) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 7.7% 13,169
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

5.3% ±1.3% (3,121  ±780) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 4.9% † 6,533 (±0.8% / ±1,053)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
3,121 Total veterans ±780 2,979 Male ±760 142 Female ±148

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