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BloomingtonCA

Bloomington, CA is a 24K-resident city in San Bernardino County with a median household income of $81,640.

San Bernardino County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bloomington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bloomington has a population larger than 53% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $469,200.

Data updated 2026-09-04

24K
Population (place)
Top 47%
By size
$81,640
Median income (place)
$469,200
Median home (place)
15.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Bloomington

Bloomington posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 49%
by median income, US cities

Where Bloomington income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$81,640 Top 49% higher than 51% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Bloomington $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Bloomington, CA beyond the headline numbers

Bloomington sits inside San Bernardino County, California, at roughly 34.07°N, -117.40°W. Population 23,851, $81,640 median household income. Median home value $469,200, median rent $1,609. Poverty rate 15.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Bloomington, CA stands at 15.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Bloomington costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 7.4% of Bloomington workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 21.9% in Bloomington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Bloomington workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Bloomington's median age is 32.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bloomington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
23,851
Bloomington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$81,640
-9% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$469,200
+13% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Bernardino County): Bloomington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.2M+7%
Median Income
$85,478+58%
Median Home Value
$505,000+127%
Poverty Rate
13.3%-29%
Unemployment
7%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Bloomington, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,609/mo
Poverty Rate
15.6% +26% vs avg
Unemployment 6.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 11.2%
Work From Home 7.4%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 15.7%
African American 3.5%
Asian 0.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.7%
Obesity
35.6%
Physical Inactivity
30.5%
High Blood Pressure
29.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
21.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Binge Drinking
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.8%
Diabetes
12.5%
Current Smoking
12.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48.6%
Annual Checkup 66.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.3%
Stroke
3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Bloomington?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bloomington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-BLOOMINGTON-CA · Bloomington

Bloomington: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bloomington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Bloomington, CA? ▼
Bloomington, CA has a population of 23,851 people, located in San Bernardino County, California.
What is the median household income in Bloomington? ▼
The median household income in Bloomington, CA is $81,640 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.6%.
What is the median home value in Bloomington? ▼
The median home value in Bloomington, CA is $469,200. Median rent is $1,609/month.
What are the top health concerns in Bloomington? ▼
The top health indicators in Bloomington include Short Sleep Duration (38.7%), Obesity (35.6%), Physical Inactivity (30.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Bloomington? ▼
The median age in Bloomington, CA is 32.9 years. 11.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bloomington, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.6% here).

Saint Paul, MN 15.6% Jersey City, NJ 15.6% Fitchburg, MA 15.6% Barberton, OH 15.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($81,640 here).

Port Neches, TX $81,637 Allen Park, MI $81,655 Durham, NC $81,619 Grand Prairie, TX $81,619

Compare Bloomington with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Rialto, CA 103K Fontana, CA 213K Rubidoux, CA 34K Colton, CA 55K Grand Terrace, CA 12K Muscoy, CA 11K Glen Avon, CA 20K San Bernardino, CA 216K
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Using Bloomington's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bloomington area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Bloomington against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Bernardino County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.