Bloomington vs Minnetonka

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

Bloomington and Minnetonka 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 53,256 in Minnetonka). Minnetonka has the higher median household income ($120,496 vs $90,677 in Bloomington). Minnetonka has the higher median home value ($456,200 vs $346,200 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
Population	88,838	53,256
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,677	$120,496
Median home value	$346,200	$456,200
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,758
Housing units	39,375	24,595
Homeownership rate	66.2%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
Population	85,332 → 88,838 (+4.1%)	53,025 → 53,256 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$75,130 → $90,677 (+20.7%)	$95,630 → $120,496 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $346,200 (+37.8%)	$347,900 → $456,200 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,526 (+29.5%)	$1,428 → $1,758 (+23.1%)

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

Minnetonka

Population

53,02553,256

Median household income

$95,630$120,496

Median home value

$347,900$456,200

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	80.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	18.1%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
Drove alone	66.6%	66.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.7%
Public transit	3.7%	0.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.6%	25.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
1-unit, detached	53.9%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	27.1%	31.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Minnetonka
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1971	1980