Bloomington vs Heyworth

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

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

Bloomington has the higher population (78,703 vs 2,818 in Heyworth). Heyworth has the higher median household income ($90,556 vs $75,449 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $196,200 in Heyworth).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Heyworth
Population	78,703	2,818
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,449	$90,556
Median home value	$198,800	$196,200
Median gross rent	$1,004	$1,026
Housing units	37,013	1,013
Homeownership rate	61.6%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Heyworth
Population	78,015 → 78,703 (+0.9%)	3,124 → 2,818 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$67,507 → $75,449 (+11.8%)	$78,077 → $90,556 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $198,800 (+18.1%)	$158,600 → $196,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,004 (+20.1%)	$713 → $1,026 (+43.9%)

Bloomington

Population

78,01578,703

Median household income

$67,507$75,449

Median home value

$168,300$198,800

Median gross rent

$836$1,004

Heyworth

Population

3,1242,818

Median household income

$78,077$90,556

Median home value

$158,600$196,200

Median gross rent

$713$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Heyworth
Under 5	6.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	28.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.1%
75 and over	5.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Heyworth
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	91.3%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Heyworth
No high school diploma	5.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Heyworth
Drove alone	69.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	13.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Heyworth
1-unit, detached	55.5%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Heyworth
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1982	1976