Bloomington vs Lexington

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

Bloomington and Lexington 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 2,074 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($98,676 vs $75,449 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $171,600 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Lexington
Population	78,703	2,074
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,449	$98,676
Median home value	$198,800	$171,600
Median gross rent	$1,004	$734
Housing units	37,013	887
Homeownership rate	61.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Lexington
Population	78,015 → 78,703 (+0.9%)	1,894 → 2,074 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$67,507 → $75,449 (+11.8%)	$63,221 → $98,676 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $198,800 (+18.1%)	$146,500 → $171,600 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,004 (+20.1%)	$702 → $734 (+4.6%)

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

Lexington

Population

1,8942,074

Median household income

$63,221$98,676

Median home value

$146,500$171,600

Median gross rent

$702$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Lexington
Under 5	6.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.2%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Lexington
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Lexington
Drove alone	69.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	12.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Lexington
1-unit, detached	55.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Lexington
Poverty rate	11.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1982	1972