Bloomingdale vs Mecca

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingdale and Mecca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mecca has the higher population (670 vs 302 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $42,917 in Mecca). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $57,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
Population	302	670
Median age	46.2 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$42,917
Median home value	$88,300	$57,000
Median gross rent	$491	$592
Housing units	145	225
Homeownership rate	88.9%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
Population	363 → 302 (-16.8%)	365 → 670 (+83.6%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $50,000 (+3.2%)	$42,625 → $42,917 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $88,300 (+53.6%)	$51,200 → $57,000 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $491 (-34.5%)	$630 → $592 (-6.0%)

Bloomingdale

Population

363302

Median household income

$48,438$50,000

Median home value

$57,500$88,300

Median gross rent

$750$491

Mecca

Population

365670

Median household income

$42,625$42,917

Median home value

$51,200$57,000

Median gross rent

$630$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
Under 5	2.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	20.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.6%
75 and over	10.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
No high school diploma	7.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	45.5%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
Drove alone	80.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
1-unit, detached	84.1%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Mecca
Poverty rate	16.9%	19.9%
Average household size	2.37	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938