Bloomingdale vs Decatur

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (1,814 vs 467 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $58,281 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($121,900 vs $113,500 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
Population	467	1,814
Median age	30.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$58,281
Median home value	$113,500	$121,900
Median gross rent	$825	$779
Housing units	186	838
Homeownership rate	70.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
Population	551 → 467 (-15.2%)	1,913 → 1,814 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$39,531 → $65,417 (+65.5%)	$41,607 → $58,281 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $113,500 (+57.4%)	$83,100 → $121,900 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $825 (+2.7%)	$763 → $779 (+2.1%)

Bloomingdale

Population

551467

Median household income

$39,531$65,417

Median home value

$72,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$803$825

Decatur

Population

1,9131,814

Median household income

$41,607$58,281

Median home value

$83,100$121,900

Median gross rent

$763$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
Under 5	6.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	20.1%	12.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
No high school diploma	18.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
Drove alone	78.4%	65.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
1-unit, detached	78.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Decatur
Poverty rate	27.7%	21.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1940	1951