Bloomfield vs Pulaski

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

Bloomfield and Pulaski 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 365 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $61,679 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $83,800 in Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
Population	2,723	365
Median age	39.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,679	$71,667
Median home value	$122,600	$83,800
Median gross rent	$918	$788
Housing units	1,148	142
Homeownership rate	67.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
Population	2,658 → 2,723 (+2.4%)	364 → 365 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$47,738 → $61,679 (+29.2%)	$65,179 → $71,667 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,600 (+36.2%)	$56,600 → $83,800 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $918 (+53.0%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

Bloomfield

Population

2,6582,723

Median household income

$47,738$61,679

Median home value

$90,000$122,600

Median gross rent

$600$918

Pulaski

Population

364365

Median household income

$65,179$71,667

Median home value

$56,600$83,800

Median gross rent

$770$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
Under 5	3.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.8%
75 and over	9.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	98.4%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
No high school diploma	6.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
Drove alone	79.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	76.5%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Pulaski
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1966	1938