Bloomingdale vs Thunderbolt

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingdale and Thunderbolt: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomingdale and Thunderbolt are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomingdale has the higher population (2,983 vs 2,552 in Thunderbolt). Thunderbolt has the higher median household income ($69,191 vs $55,427 in Bloomingdale). Thunderbolt has the higher median home value ($303,500 vs $217,500 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
Population	2,983	2,552
Median age	46.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,427	$69,191
Median home value	$217,500	$303,500
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,614
Housing units	1,334	1,442
Homeownership rate	67.2%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
Population	2,715 → 2,983 (+9.9%)	2,651 → 2,552 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$57,241 → $55,427 (-3.2%)	$60,819 → $69,191 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $217,500 (+53.3%)	$212,000 → $303,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,338 (+60.2%)	$1,111 → $1,614 (+45.3%)

Bloomingdale

Population

2,7152,983

Median household income

$57,241$55,427

Median home value

$141,900$217,500

Median gross rent

$835$1,338

Thunderbolt

Population

2,6512,552

Median household income

$60,819$69,191

Median home value

$212,000$303,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
Under 5	6.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	22.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.1%
75 and over	9.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	61.9%
Black or African American	13.3%	32.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
Drove alone	69.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	18.4%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
1-unit, detached	81.8%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	35.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Thunderbolt
Poverty rate	9.1%	17.8%
Average household size	2.38	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1986	1976