Bloomington vs Yucca Valley

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

Bloomington and Yucca Valley 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 21,744 in Yucca Valley). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($81,220 vs $55,302 in Yucca Valley). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($443,300 vs $321,300 in Yucca Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
Population	24,324	21,744
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,220	$55,302
Median home value	$443,300	$321,300
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,341
Housing units	6,396	9,929
Homeownership rate	66.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
Population	21,847 → 24,324 (+11.3%)	21,622 → 21,744 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$52,085 → $81,220 (+55.9%)	$44,757 → $55,302 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $443,300 (+64.2%)	$172,600 → $321,300 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,555 (+25.4%)	$919 → $1,341 (+45.9%)

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

Yucca Valley

Population

21,62221,744

Median household income

$44,757$55,302

Median home value

$172,600$321,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
Under 5	5.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	12.5%
75 and over	4.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	11.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
No high school diploma	33.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
Drove alone	79.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
1-unit, detached	81.2%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Yucca Valley
Poverty rate	15.2%	19.2%
Average household size	3.98	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1972	1979