Barstow vs Bloomington

A side-by-side comparison of Barstow and Bloomington: population, income, housing, and more.

Barstow and Bloomington are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barstow has the higher population (25,198 vs 24,324 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($81,220 vs $51,811 in Barstow). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($443,300 vs $222,600 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Bloomington
Population	25,198	24,324
Median age	32.9 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,811	$81,220
Median home value	$222,600	$443,300
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,555
Housing units	10,094	6,396
Homeownership rate	45.7%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Bloomington
Population	23,899 → 25,198 (+5.4%)	21,847 → 24,324 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$40,633 → $51,811 (+27.5%)	$52,085 → $81,220 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $222,600 (+90.1%)	$270,000 → $443,300 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,065 (+38.7%)	$1,240 → $1,555 (+25.4%)

Barstow

Population

23,89925,198

Median household income

$40,633$51,811

Median home value

$117,100$222,600

Median gross rent

$768$1,065

Bloomington

Population

21,84724,324

Median household income

$52,085$81,220

Median home value

$270,000$443,300

Median gross rent

$1,240$1,555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Bloomington
Under 5	7.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	12.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.2%
75 and over	4.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Bloomington
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	11.3%
Black or African American	18.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	47.5%	85.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Bloomington
No high school diploma	16.2%	33.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Bloomington
Drove alone	77.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	6.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Bloomington
1-unit, detached	62.1%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Bloomington
Poverty rate	23.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.71	3.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1970	1972