Bloomington vs Smithville-Sanders

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

Bloomington and Smithville-Sanders 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 3,228 in Smithville-Sanders). Smithville-Sanders has the higher median household income ($72,331 vs $48,918 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $256,900 in Smithville-Sanders).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
Population	78,791	3,228
Median age	24.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,918	$72,331
Median home value	$289,700	$256,900
Median gross rent	$1,160	$993
Housing units	37,537	1,922
Homeownership rate	35.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
Population	84,116 → 78,791 (-6.3%)	3,424 → 3,228 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$37,077 → $48,918 (+31.9%)	$86,213 → $72,331 (-16.1%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $289,700 (+44.3%)	$167,700 → $256,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,160 (+26.5%)	$1,076 → $993 (-7.7%)

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

Smithville-Sanders

Population

3,4243,228

Median household income

$86,213$72,331

Median home value

$167,700$256,900

Median gross rent

$1,076$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
Under 5	3.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	7.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	39.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	21.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.7%
75 and over	4.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	16.6%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
Drove alone	56.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	13.8%
Public transit	3.7%	1.3%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
1-unit, detached	36.2%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	18.2%
20 or more units	16.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Smithville-Sanders
Poverty rate	30.5%	5.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1984	1984