Bloomington vs Montpelier

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

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

Montpelier has the higher population (2,681 vs 257 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $52,212 in Montpelier). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($361,700 vs $185,600 in Montpelier).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Montpelier
Population	257	2,681
Median age	40.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$52,212
Median home value	$361,700	$185,600
Median gross rent	—	$639
Housing units	135	1,166
Homeownership rate	83.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Montpelier
Population	206 → 257 (+24.8%)	2,518 → 2,681 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$63,438 → $81,667 (+28.7%)	$42,447 → $52,212 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $361,700 (+68.8%)	$116,500 → $185,600 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $639 (+15.8%)

Bloomington

Population

206257

Median household income

$63,438$81,667

Median home value

$214,300$361,700

Montpelier

Population

2,5182,681

Median household income

$42,447$52,212

Median home value

$116,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$552$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Montpelier
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	16.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Montpelier
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Montpelier
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Montpelier
Drove alone	76.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	14.3%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Montpelier
1-unit, detached	94.8%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Montpelier
Poverty rate	1.6%	13.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1971	1955