Bloomington vs Minneapolis

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

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

Minneapolis has the higher population (426,845 vs 88,838 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($90,677 vs $80,269 in Minneapolis). Bloomington has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $345,600 in Minneapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
Population	88,838	426,845
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,677	$80,269
Median home value	$346,200	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,329
Housing units	39,375	203,217
Homeownership rate	66.2%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
Population	85,332 → 88,838 (+4.1%)	420,324 → 426,845 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$75,130 → $90,677 (+20.7%)	$62,583 → $80,269 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $346,200 (+37.8%)	$251,600 → $345,600 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,526 (+29.5%)	$1,027 → $1,329 (+29.4%)

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

Minneapolis

Population

420,324426,845

Median household income

$62,583$80,269

Median home value

$251,600$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	21.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.0%
75 and over	8.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	59.5%
Black or African American	11.0%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	5.1%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	18.1%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
Drove alone	66.6%	53.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.9%
Public transit	3.7%	7.5%
Walked	1.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.3%
Worked from home	19.6%	23.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
1-unit, detached	53.9%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	32.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Minneapolis
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1971	1950