Bloomington vs Plymouth

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

Bloomington and Plymouth 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 79,526 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($133,865 vs $90,677 in Bloomington). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($474,700 vs $346,200 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Plymouth
Population	88,838	79,526
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,677	$133,865
Median home value	$346,200	$474,700
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,705
Housing units	39,375	33,718
Homeownership rate	66.2%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Plymouth
Population	85,332 → 88,838 (+4.1%)	78,134 → 79,526 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$75,130 → $90,677 (+20.7%)	$105,958 → $133,865 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $346,200 (+37.8%)	$351,700 → $474,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,526 (+29.5%)	$1,355 → $1,705 (+25.8%)

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

Plymouth

Population

78,13479,526

Median household income

$105,958$133,865

Median home value

$351,700$474,700

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Plymouth
Under 5	5.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.2%
75 and over	8.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	73.2%
Black or African American	11.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	5.1%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Plymouth
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Plymouth
Drove alone	66.6%	65.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.5%
Public transit	3.7%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	25.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	53.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	27.1%	19.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Plymouth
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1971	1987