Bloomingdale vs Lawton

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

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

Lawton has the higher population (2,056 vs 467 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $54,718 in Lawton). Lawton has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $113,500 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
Population	467	2,056
Median age	30.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$54,718
Median home value	$113,500	$159,100
Median gross rent	$825	$824
Housing units	186	899
Homeownership rate	70.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
Population	551 → 467 (-15.2%)	1,570 → 2,056 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$39,531 → $65,417 (+65.5%)	$48,171 → $54,718 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $113,500 (+57.4%)	$104,600 → $159,100 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $825 (+2.7%)	$628 → $824 (+31.2%)

Bloomingdale

Population

551467

Median household income

$39,531$65,417

Median home value

$72,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$803$825

Lawton

Population

1,5702,056

Median household income

$48,171$54,718

Median home value

$104,600$159,100

Median gross rent

$628$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	20.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.5%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
No high school diploma	18.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	29.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
Drove alone	78.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	8.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
1-unit, detached	78.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Lawton
Poverty rate	27.7%	17.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1940	1972