Bloomfield vs Drakesville

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield and Drakesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomfield and Drakesville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomfield has the higher population (2,723 vs 152 in Drakesville). Drakesville has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $61,679 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $110,800 in Drakesville).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
Population	2,723	152
Median age	39.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,679	$76,250
Median home value	$122,600	$110,800
Median gross rent	$918	—
Housing units	1,148	61
Homeownership rate	67.9%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
Population	2,658 → 2,723 (+2.4%)	180 → 152 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$47,738 → $61,679 (+29.2%)	$64,792 → $76,250 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,600 (+36.2%)	$62,800 → $110,800 (+76.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $918 (+53.0%)	$489 → $485 (-0.8%)

Bloomfield

Population

2,6582,723

Median household income

$47,738$61,679

Median home value

$90,000$122,600

Median gross rent

$600$918

Drakesville

Population

180152

Median household income

$64,792$76,250

Median home value

$62,800$110,800

Median gross rent

$489$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
Under 5	3.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	20.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	3.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.8%
75 and over	9.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	100.0%
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	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
Drove alone	79.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.7%
Other means	2.1%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
1-unit, detached	76.5%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Drakesville
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1966