Bloomington vs Stanford

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

Bloomington and Stanford 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 463 in Stanford). Stanford has the higher median household income ($128,356 vs $48,918 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $220,800 in Stanford).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Stanford
Population	78,791	463
Median age	24.9 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,918	$128,356
Median home value	$289,700	$220,800
Median gross rent	$1,160	—
Housing units	37,537	142
Homeownership rate	35.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Stanford
Population	84,116 → 78,791 (-6.3%)	391 → 463 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$37,077 → $48,918 (+31.9%)	$123,293 → $128,356 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $289,700 (+44.3%)	$245,500 → $220,800 (-10.1%)
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

Stanford

Population

391463

Median household income

$123,293$128,356

Median home value

$245,500$220,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Stanford
Under 5	3.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	7.7%	29.2%
18 to 24	39.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	23.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	24.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.8%
75 and over	4.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	99.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Stanford
No high school diploma	4.6%	20.3%
High school graduate	16.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Stanford
Drove alone	56.6%	93.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	0.0%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Stanford
1-unit, detached	36.2%	63.4%
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%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Stanford
Poverty rate	30.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.94	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1984	1979