Bloomington vs Paris

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

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

Paris has the higher population (634 vs 257 in Bloomington). Paris has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $81,667 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($361,700 vs $235,700 in Paris).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Paris
Population	257	634
Median age	40.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$82,500
Median home value	$361,700	$235,700
Median gross rent	—	$862
Housing units	135	294
Homeownership rate	83.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Paris
Population	206 → 257 (+24.8%)	629 → 634 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$63,438 → $81,667 (+28.7%)	$53,906 → $82,500 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $361,700 (+68.8%)	$151,400 → $235,700 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $862 (+4.5%)

Bloomington

Population

206257

Median household income

$63,438$81,667

Median home value

$214,300$361,700

Paris

Population

629634

Median household income

$53,906$82,500

Median home value

$151,400$235,700

Median gross rent

$825$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Paris
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	32.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	6.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.3%	4.1%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Paris
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Paris
Drove alone	76.7%	61.4%
Carpooled	14.3%	21.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Paris
1-unit, detached	94.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Paris
Poverty rate	1.6%	12.5%
Average household size	3.21	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1971	1971