Bloomington vs Stinesville

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

Bloomington and Stinesville 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 316 in Stinesville). Stinesville has the higher median household income ($61,382 vs $48,918 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $120,000 in Stinesville).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Stinesville
Population	78,791	316
Median age	24.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,918	$61,382
Median home value	$289,700	$120,000
Median gross rent	$1,160	$709
Housing units	37,537	174
Homeownership rate	35.1%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Stinesville
Population	84,116 → 78,791 (-6.3%)	213 → 316 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$37,077 → $48,918 (+31.9%)	$31,250 → $61,382 (+96.4%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $289,700 (+44.3%)	$75,000 → $120,000 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,160 (+26.5%)	$290 → $709 (+144.5%)

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

Stinesville

Population

213316

Median household income

$31,250$61,382

Median home value

$75,000$120,000

Median gross rent

$290$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Stinesville
Under 5	3.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	7.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	39.1%	0.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	19.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	7.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.8%
75 and over	4.6%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Stinesville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	88.3%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Stinesville
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	16.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Stinesville
Drove alone	56.6%	95.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	1.3%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Stinesville
1-unit, detached	36.2%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	16.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Stinesville
Poverty rate	30.5%	18.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1984	1938