Blooming Grove vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Blooming Grove and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

Blooming Grove and Mount Carmel are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blooming Grove has the higher population (134 vs 45 in Mount Carmel). Blooming Grove has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $135,700 in Mount Carmel). Since 2019, Mount Carmel's population has grown faster (+350.0% vs -52.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
Population	134	45
Median age	65.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,500
Median home value	$250,700	$135,700
Median gross rent	—	$760
Housing units	75	24
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
Population	282 → 134 (-52.5%)	10 → 45 (+350.0%)
Median household income	—	$38,750 → $61,500 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $760 (-0.4%)

Blooming Grove

Population

282134

Mount Carmel

Population

1045

Median household income

$38,750$61,500

Median gross rent

$763$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	47.8%	22.2%
65 to 74	41.0%	8.9%
75 and over	11.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	11.2%	37.5%
High school graduate	65.7%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	100.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Blooming Grove	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	16.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.79	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1977	1938