Bloomingdale vs Lawrence

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (1,186 vs 467 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $36,188 in Lawrence). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $106,700 in Lawrence).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
Population	467	1,186
Median age	30.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$36,188
Median home value	$113,500	$106,700
Median gross rent	$825	$586
Housing units	186	458
Homeownership rate	70.7%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
Population	551 → 467 (-15.2%)	1,029 → 1,186 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$39,531 → $65,417 (+65.5%)	$43,125 → $36,188 (-16.1%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $113,500 (+57.4%)	$74,300 → $106,700 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $825 (+2.7%)	$560 → $586 (+4.6%)

Bloomingdale

Population

551467

Median household income

$39,531$65,417

Median home value

$72,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$803$825

Lawrence

Population

1,0291,186

Median household income

$43,125$36,188

Median home value

$74,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$560$586

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	20.1%	12.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.7%
75 and over	6.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	56.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	40.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
No high school diploma	18.4%	26.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
Drove alone	78.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.9%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	78.5%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	36.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Lawrence
Poverty rate	27.7%	32.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1940	1976