Bloomington vs Harrodsburg

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

Bloomington and Harrodsburg 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 315 in Harrodsburg). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $187,500 in Harrodsburg). Since 2019, Bloomington's population has grown faster (-6.3% vs -54.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
Population	78,791	315
Median age	24.9 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,918	—
Median home value	$289,700	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,160	—
Housing units	37,537	211
Homeownership rate	35.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
Population	84,116 → 78,791 (-6.3%)	686 → 315 (-54.1%)
Median household income	$37,077 → $48,918 (+31.9%)	$75,417 → $64,000 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $289,700 (+44.3%)	$201,200 → $187,500 (-6.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,160 (+26.5%)	—

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

Harrodsburg

Population

686315

Median household income

$75,417$64,000

Median home value

$201,200$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	39.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	1.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	32.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	31.1%
75 and over	4.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	11.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	16.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
Drove alone	56.6%	61.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	23.4%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	14.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
1-unit, detached	36.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Harrodsburg
Poverty rate	30.5%	6.0%
Average household size	1.94	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	17	35
Median year structure built	1984	1980