Bloomington vs Brooklyn Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomington and Brooklyn Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomington and Brooklyn Park are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomington has the higher population (88,838 vs 84,349 in Brooklyn Park). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($90,677 vs $85,964 in Brooklyn Park). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $313,500 in Brooklyn Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
Population	88,838	84,349
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,677	$85,964
Median home value	$346,200	$313,500
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,331
Housing units	39,375	30,202
Homeownership rate	66.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
Population	85,332 → 88,838 (+4.1%)	80,068 → 84,349 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$75,130 → $90,677 (+20.7%)	$73,940 → $85,964 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $346,200 (+37.8%)	$224,300 → $313,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,526 (+29.5%)	$1,083 → $1,331 (+22.9%)

Bloomington

Population

85,33288,838

Median household income

$75,130$90,677

Median home value

$251,300$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,526

Brooklyn Park

Population

80,06884,349

Median household income

$73,940$85,964

Median home value

$224,300$313,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
Under 5	5.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.9%
75 and over	8.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	36.3%
Black or African American	11.0%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	19.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
Drove alone	66.6%	69.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.2%
Public transit	3.7%	2.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.6%	12.5%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
1-unit, detached	53.9%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	27.1%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Brooklyn Park
Poverty rate	9.1%	10.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1971	1980