Bloomingdale vs Palm River-Clair Mel

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingdale and Palm River-Clair Mel: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomingdale and Palm River-Clair Mel are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm River-Clair Mel has the higher population (26,719 vs 23,979 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($107,313 vs $62,976 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $244,100 in Palm River-Clair Mel).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	23,979	26,719
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,313	$62,976
Median home value	$377,000	$244,100
Median gross rent	$2,129	$1,439
Housing units	8,546	10,399
Homeownership rate	78.2%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Population	24,446 → 23,979 (-1.9%)	23,844 → 26,719 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$88,081 → $107,313 (+21.8%)	$47,856 → $62,976 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$243,600 → $377,000 (+54.8%)	$133,300 → $244,100 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $2,129 (+38.6%)	$976 → $1,439 (+47.4%)

Bloomingdale

Population

24,44623,979

Median household income

$88,081$107,313

Median home value

$243,600$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,536$2,129

Palm River-Clair Mel

Population

23,84426,719

Median household income

$47,856$62,976

Median home value

$133,300$244,100

Median gross rent

$976$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	28.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
No high school diploma	7.5%	16.5%
High school graduate	22.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Drove alone	71.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
1-unit, detached	87.8%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Palm River-Clair Mel
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1989	1991