Bernie vs Bloomfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bernie and Bloomfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Bernie and Bloomfield are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomfield has the higher population (2,011 vs 1,772 in Bernie). Bernie has the higher median household income ($45,223 vs $43,182 in Bloomfield). Bernie has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $69,400 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bernie	Bloomfield
Population	1,772	2,011
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,223	$43,182
Median home value	$90,800	$69,400
Median gross rent	$757	$800
Housing units	770	1,018
Homeownership rate	68.4%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernie	Bloomfield
Population	1,848 → 1,772 (-4.1%)	2,191 → 2,011 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$35,813 → $45,223 (+26.3%)	$39,881 → $43,182 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $90,800 (+33.5%)	$78,600 → $69,400 (-11.7%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)

Bernie

Population

1,8481,772

Median household income

$35,813$45,223

Median home value

$68,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$603$757

Bloomfield

Population

2,1912,011

Median household income

$39,881$43,182

Median home value

$78,600$69,400

Median gross rent

$594$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernie	Bloomfield
Under 5	6.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.9%
75 and over	8.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernie	Bloomfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernie	Bloomfield
No high school diploma	25.2%	30.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernie	Bloomfield
Drove alone	84.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernie	Bloomfield
1-unit, detached	87.9%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bernie	Bloomfield
Poverty rate	26.3%	22.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1974	1965