Bloomingdale vs Darien

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

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

Bloomingdale has the higher population (22,388 vs 21,855 in Darien). Darien has the higher median household income ($109,354 vs $98,891 in Bloomingdale). Darien has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $363,100 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Darien
Population	22,388	21,855
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,891	$109,354
Median home value	$363,100	$386,400
Median gross rent	$1,607	$1,671
Housing units	9,350	9,101
Homeownership rate	73.2%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Darien
Population	22,027 → 22,388 (+1.6%)	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$86,350 → $98,891 (+14.5%)	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$302,400 → $363,100 (+20.1%)	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,399 → $1,607 (+14.9%)	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)

Bloomingdale

Population

22,02722,388

Median household income

$86,350$98,891

Median home value

$302,400$363,100

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,607

Darien

Population

21,88421,855

Median household income

$96,275$109,354

Median home value

$330,000$386,400

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Darien
Under 5	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.9%
75 and over	10.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Darien
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	73.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Darien
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	23.4%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Darien
Drove alone	75.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.1%
Public transit	2.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.7%	19.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Darien
1-unit, detached	43.6%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	23.5%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	13.3%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Darien
Poverty rate	6.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1981	1978