Bloomfield vs Chaplin

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

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

Bloomfield has the higher population (1,053 vs 583 in Chaplin). Chaplin has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $52,679 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $167,400 in Chaplin).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
Population	1,053	583
Median age	50.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,679	$80,250
Median home value	$180,000	$167,400
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	552	173
Homeownership rate	84.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
Population	808 → 1,053 (+30.3%)	606 → 583 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$33,854 → $52,679 (+55.6%)	$48,917 → $80,250 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $180,000 (+69.8%)	$104,700 → $167,400 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,021 (+37.2%)	$790 → $959 (+21.4%)

Bloomfield

Population

8081,053

Median household income

$33,854$52,679

Median home value

$106,000$180,000

Median gross rent

$744$1,021

Chaplin

Population

606583

Median household income

$48,917$80,250

Median home value

$104,700$167,400

Median gross rent

$790$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
Under 5	5.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	21.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	18.5%	2.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	3.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
Drove alone	81.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	25.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
1-unit, detached	86.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Chaplin
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.10	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1974	1968