Bloomfield vs Essex

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

Bloomfield and Essex 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 373 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $43,182 in Bloomfield). Essex has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $69,400 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Essex
Population	2,011	373
Median age	44.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,182	$63,854
Median home value	$69,400	$115,600
Median gross rent	$800	$625
Housing units	1,018	259
Homeownership rate	66.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Essex
Population	2,191 → 2,011 (-8.2%)	524 → 373 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$39,881 → $43,182 (+8.3%)	$45,000 → $63,854 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $69,400 (-11.7%)	$76,800 → $115,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)	$638 → $625 (-2.0%)

Bloomfield

Population

2,1912,011

Median household income

$39,881$43,182

Median home value

$78,600$69,400

Median gross rent

$594$800

Essex

Population

524373

Median household income

$45,000$63,854

Median home value

$76,800$115,600

Median gross rent

$638$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Essex
Under 5	3.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	22.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.3%
75 and over	9.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Essex
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Essex
No high school diploma	30.8%	22.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Essex
Drove alone	83.9%	97.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Essex
1-unit, detached	73.9%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Essex
Poverty rate	22.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1965	1977