Bardstown vs Bloomfield

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

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

Bardstown has the higher population (13,673 vs 1,053 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($52,679 vs $49,781 in Bardstown). Bardstown has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $180,000 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
Population	13,673	1,053
Median age	39.2 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,781	$52,679
Median home value	$190,800	$180,000
Median gross rent	$917	$1,021
Housing units	6,059	552
Homeownership rate	58.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
Population	13,094 → 13,673 (+4.4%)	808 → 1,053 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$54,328 → $49,781 (-8.4%)	$33,854 → $52,679 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $190,800 (+54.5%)	$106,000 → $180,000 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $917 (+35.7%)	$744 → $1,021 (+37.2%)

Bardstown

Population

13,09413,673

Median household income

$54,328$49,781

Median home value

$123,500$190,800

Median gross rent

$676$917

Bloomfield

Population

8081,053

Median household income

$33,854$52,679

Median home value

$106,000$180,000

Median gross rent

$744$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
Under 5	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	5.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	18.5%
75 and over	6.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	13.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	36.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
Drove alone	81.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.7%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
1-unit, detached	70.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Bardstown	Bloomfield
Poverty rate	11.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1982	1974