Bennington vs Bloomington

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

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

Bloomington has the higher population (257 vs 120 in Bennington). Bennington has the higher median household income ($101,058 vs $81,667 in Bloomington). Since 2019, Bloomington's population has grown faster (+24.8% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Bloomington
Population	120	257
Median age	60.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,058	$81,667
Median home value	—	$361,700
Housing units	76	135
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Bloomington
Population	130 → 120 (-7.7%)	206 → 257 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$88,224 → $101,058 (+14.5%)	$63,438 → $81,667 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $73,600 (-31.3%)	$214,300 → $361,700 (+68.8%)

Bennington

Population

130120

Median household income

$88,224$101,058

Median home value

$107,200$73,600

Bloomington

Population

206257

Median household income

$63,438$81,667

Median home value

$214,300$361,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	Bloomington
Under 5	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	13.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	25.8%	16.3%
75 and over	4.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Bloomington
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Bloomington
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Bloomington
Drove alone	100.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Bloomington
1-unit, detached	96.1%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Bloomington
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.6%
Average household size	2.93	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1938	1971