Bloomingdale vs Tybee Island

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

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

Tybee Island has the higher population (3,121 vs 2,983 in Bloomingdale). Tybee Island has the higher median household income ($112,778 vs $55,427 in Bloomingdale). Tybee Island has the higher median home value ($613,400 vs $217,500 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
Population	2,983	3,121
Median age	46.4 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,427	$112,778
Median home value	$217,500	$613,400
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,214
Housing units	1,334	3,337
Homeownership rate	67.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
Population	2,715 → 2,983 (+9.9%)	3,093 → 3,121 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$57,241 → $55,427 (-3.2%)	$80,897 → $112,778 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $217,500 (+53.3%)	$503,700 → $613,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,338 (+60.2%)	$1,208 → $1,214 (+0.5%)

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

Tybee Island

Population

3,0933,121

Median household income

$80,897$112,778

Median home value

$503,700$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
Under 5	6.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	6.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	1.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	4.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	22.7%	22.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	26.4%
75 and over	9.0%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	94.9%
Black or African American	13.3%	2.5%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
Drove alone	69.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	16.1%	13.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
1-unit, detached	81.8%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Tybee Island
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1986	1984