Bloomfield vs Owensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield and Owensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomfield and Owensburg are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomfield has the higher population (2,440 vs 231 in Owensburg). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($51,144 vs $39,940 in Owensburg). Since 2019, Bloomfield's population has grown faster (-0.9% vs -52.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
Population	2,440	231
Median age	38.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,144	$39,940
Median home value	$108,700	—
Median gross rent	$672	—
Housing units	1,149	141
Homeownership rate	60.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
Population	2,463 → 2,440 (-0.9%)	483 → 231 (-52.2%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $51,144 (+20.3%)	$64,474 → $39,940 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $108,700 (+30.6%)	$91,800 → $9,999 (-89.1%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $672 (+41.5%)	—

Bloomfield

Population

2,4632,440

Median household income

$42,500$51,144

Median home value

$83,200$108,700

Median gross rent

$475$672

Owensburg

Population

483231

Median household income

$64,474$39,940

Median home value

$91,800$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	3.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	22.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	22.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.6%
75 and over	10.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
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	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
Drove alone	76.6%	51.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	48.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
1-unit, detached	72.4%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	55.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Owensburg
Poverty rate	13.5%	19.0%
Average household size	2.37	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1958	1977