Bloomfield vs Puxico

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

Bloomfield and Puxico 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 918 in Puxico). Puxico has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $43,182 in Bloomfield). Puxico has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $69,400 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Puxico
Population	2,011	918
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,182	$57,625
Median home value	$69,400	$86,400
Median gross rent	$800	$652
Housing units	1,018	401
Homeownership rate	66.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Puxico
Population	2,191 → 2,011 (-8.2%)	986 → 918 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$39,881 → $43,182 (+8.3%)	$41,667 → $57,625 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $69,400 (-11.7%)	$72,700 → $86,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)	$635 → $652 (+2.7%)

Bloomfield

Population

2,1912,011

Median household income

$39,881$43,182

Median home value

$78,600$69,400

Median gross rent

$594$800

Puxico

Population

986918

Median household income

$41,667$57,625

Median home value

$72,700$86,400

Median gross rent

$635$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Puxico
Under 5	3.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	19.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.3%
75 and over	9.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Puxico
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Puxico
No high school diploma	30.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	38.0%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Puxico
Drove alone	83.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Puxico
1-unit, detached	73.9%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Puxico
Poverty rate	22.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1965	1972