Bloomington vs Montclair

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

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

Montclair has the higher population (37,809 vs 24,324 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($81,220 vs $76,338 in Montclair). Montclair has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $443,300 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Montclair
Population	24,324	37,809
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,220	$76,338
Median home value	$443,300	$549,600
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,759
Housing units	6,396	10,661
Homeownership rate	66.3%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Montclair
Population	21,847 → 24,324 (+11.3%)	39,155 → 37,809 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$52,085 → $81,220 (+55.9%)	$62,024 → $76,338 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $443,300 (+64.2%)	$354,500 → $549,600 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,555 (+25.4%)	$1,405 → $1,759 (+25.2%)

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

Montclair

Population

39,15537,809

Median household income

$62,024$76,338

Median home value

$354,500$549,600

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Montclair
Under 5	5.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	11.3%	11.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	72.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Montclair
No high school diploma	33.9%	26.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Montclair
Drove alone	79.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	15.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Montclair
1-unit, detached	81.2%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Montclair
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.7%
Average household size	3.98	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1972	1969