Bloomington vs Ellettsville

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

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

Bloomington has the higher population (78,791 vs 6,653 in Ellettsville). Ellettsville has the higher median household income ($82,238 vs $48,918 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $224,400 in Ellettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
Population	78,791	6,653
Median age	24.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,918	$82,238
Median home value	$289,700	$224,400
Median gross rent	$1,160	$746
Housing units	37,537	2,792
Homeownership rate	35.1%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
Population	84,116 → 78,791 (-6.3%)	6,642 → 6,653 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$37,077 → $48,918 (+31.9%)	$51,947 → $82,238 (+58.3%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $289,700 (+44.3%)	$137,200 → $224,400 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,160 (+26.5%)	$684 → $746 (+9.1%)

Bloomington

Population

84,11678,791

Median household income

$37,077$48,918

Median home value

$200,700$289,700

Median gross rent

$917$1,160

Ellettsville

Population

6,6426,653

Median household income

$51,947$82,238

Median home value

$137,200$224,400

Median gross rent

$684$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
Under 5	3.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	7.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	39.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	19.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.8%
75 and over	4.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	16.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
Drove alone	56.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	12.2%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	9.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
1-unit, detached	36.2%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	16.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Ellettsville
Poverty rate	30.5%	6.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1984	1994