Bloomington vs Phelan

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

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

Bloomington has the higher population (24,324 vs 18,059 in Phelan). Phelan has the higher median household income ($83,759 vs $81,220 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($443,300 vs $357,200 in Phelan).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Phelan
Population	24,324	18,059
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,220	$83,759
Median home value	$443,300	$357,200
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,623
Housing units	6,396	5,510
Homeownership rate	66.3%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Phelan
Population	21,847 → 24,324 (+11.3%)	15,987 → 18,059 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$52,085 → $81,220 (+55.9%)	$59,375 → $83,759 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $443,300 (+64.2%)	$237,800 → $357,200 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,555 (+25.4%)	$1,109 → $1,623 (+46.3%)

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

Phelan

Population

15,98718,059

Median household income

$59,375$83,759

Median home value

$237,800$357,200

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Phelan
Under 5	5.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.7%
75 and over	4.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Phelan
White (non-Hispanic)	11.3%	48.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	44.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Phelan
No high school diploma	33.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Phelan
Drove alone	79.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	12.5%
Other means	1.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Phelan
1-unit, detached	81.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Phelan
Poverty rate	15.2%	14.5%
Average household size	3.98	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	48
Median year structure built	1972	1991