Bloomingdale vs Gobles

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

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

Gobles has the higher population (598 vs 467 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $39,931 in Gobles). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $100,000 in Gobles).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
Population	467	598
Median age	30.0 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$39,931
Median home value	$113,500	$100,000
Median gross rent	$825	$589
Housing units	186	357
Homeownership rate	70.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
Population	551 → 467 (-15.2%)	840 → 598 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$39,531 → $65,417 (+65.5%)	$51,429 → $39,931 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $113,500 (+57.4%)	$89,500 → $100,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $825 (+2.7%)	$594 → $589 (-0.8%)

Bloomingdale

Population

551467

Median household income

$39,531$65,417

Median home value

$72,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$803$825

Gobles

Population

840598

Median household income

$51,429$39,931

Median home value

$89,500$100,000

Median gross rent

$594$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
Under 5	6.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	20.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	19.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	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%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
No high school diploma	18.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	29.7%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
Drove alone	78.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.9%
Other means	2.6%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
1-unit, detached	78.5%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Gobles
Poverty rate	27.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.80	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1940	1955