Bloomsbury vs Califon

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomsbury and Califon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomsbury and Califon are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Califon has the higher population (1,065 vs 805 in Bloomsbury). Califon has the higher median household income ($130,938 vs $88,068 in Bloomsbury). Califon has the higher median home value ($416,900 vs $314,800 in Bloomsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomsbury	Califon
Population	805	1,065
Median age	47.2 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,068	$130,938
Median home value	$314,800	$416,900
Median gross rent	$1,258	$1,438
Housing units	410	443
Homeownership rate	59.1%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomsbury	Califon
Population	729 → 805 (+10.4%)	1,139 → 1,065 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$88,214 → $88,068 (-0.2%)	$97,019 → $130,938 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $314,800 (+22.6%)	$353,800 → $416,900 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,258 (+37.2%)	$1,120 → $1,438 (+28.4%)

Bloomsbury

Population

729805

Median household income

$88,214$88,068

Median home value

$256,700$314,800

Median gross rent

$917$1,258

Califon

Population

1,1391,065

Median household income

$97,019$130,938

Median home value

$353,800$416,900

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomsbury	Califon
Under 5	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.3%
55 to 64	24.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.5%
75 and over	5.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomsbury	Califon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomsbury	Califon
No high school diploma	11.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomsbury	Califon
Drove alone	84.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.1%
Public transit	2.9%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.9%	15.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomsbury	Califon
1-unit, detached	68.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	22.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomsbury	Califon
Poverty rate	4.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1950	1958