Bloomington vs Eden Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomington and Eden Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomington and Eden Prairie 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 63,249 in Eden Prairie). Eden Prairie has the higher median household income ($127,732 vs $90,677 in Bloomington). Eden Prairie has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $346,200 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
Population	88,838	63,249
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,677	$127,732
Median home value	$346,200	$463,300
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,761
Housing units	39,375	26,363
Homeownership rate	66.2%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
Population	85,332 → 88,838 (+4.1%)	64,179 → 63,249 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$75,130 → $90,677 (+20.7%)	$111,981 → $127,732 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $346,200 (+37.8%)	$368,100 → $463,300 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,526 (+29.5%)	$1,402 → $1,761 (+25.6%)

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

Eden Prairie

Population

64,17963,249

Median household income

$111,981$127,732

Median home value

$368,100$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,402$1,761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.9%
75 and over	8.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	68.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
Drove alone	66.6%	63.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.1%
Public transit	3.7%	2.4%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.6%	27.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
1-unit, detached	53.9%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	7.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Eden Prairie
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1971	1988