Bloomington vs Franklin

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

Bloomington and Franklin are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Franklin has the higher population (908 vs 97 in Bloomington). Bloomington has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $51,121 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $75,000 in Bloomington).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomington	Franklin
Population	97	908
Median age	43.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$51,121
Median home value	$75,000	$93,800
Median gross rent	—	$492
Housing units	54	531
Homeownership rate	94.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomington	Franklin
Population	121 → 97 (-19.8%)	1,031 → 908 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $71,250 (+46.8%)	$46,667 → $51,121 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$42,800 → $75,000 (+75.2%)	$77,900 → $93,800 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$438 → $492 (+12.3%)

Bloomington

Population

12197

Median household income

$48,542$71,250

Median home value

$42,800$75,000

Franklin

Population

1,031908

Median household income

$46,667$51,121

Median home value

$77,900$93,800

Median gross rent

$438$492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomington	Franklin
Under 5	4.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	1.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	20.6%	15.9%
75 and over	13.4%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomington	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomington	Franklin
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.3%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomington	Franklin
Drove alone	73.2%	91.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomington	Franklin
1-unit, detached	90.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomington	Franklin
Poverty rate	2.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.55	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1958	1947