Bloomfield vs Dexter

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

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

Dexter has the higher population (7,906 vs 2,011 in Bloomfield). Dexter has the higher median household income ($47,647 vs $43,182 in Bloomfield). Dexter has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $69,400 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Dexter
Population	2,011	7,906
Median age	44.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,182	$47,647
Median home value	$69,400	$132,700
Median gross rent	$800	$717
Housing units	1,018	3,758
Homeownership rate	66.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Dexter
Population	2,191 → 2,011 (-8.2%)	7,862 → 7,906 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$39,881 → $43,182 (+8.3%)	$35,551 → $47,647 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $69,400 (-11.7%)	$88,000 → $132,700 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Bloomfield

Population

2,1912,011

Median household income

$39,881$43,182

Median home value

$78,600$69,400

Median gross rent

$594$800

Dexter

Population

7,8627,906

Median household income

$35,551$47,647

Median home value

$88,000$132,700

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Dexter
Under 5	3.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.1%
75 and over	9.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Dexter
No high school diploma	30.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.0%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Dexter
Drove alone	83.9%	88.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Dexter
1-unit, detached	73.9%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Dexter
Poverty rate	22.8%	23.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1965	1970