Bloomingdale vs Prospect Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingdale and Prospect Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomingdale has the higher population (7,686 vs 6,286 in Prospect Park). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($126,221 vs $48,615 in Prospect Park). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $391,500 in Prospect Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
Population	7,686	6,286
Median age	44.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$126,221	$48,615
Median home value	$398,000	$391,500
Median gross rent	$1,772	$1,794
Housing units	3,121	2,176
Homeownership rate	69.5%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
Population	8,088 → 7,686 (-5.0%)	5,865 → 6,286 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$93,603 → $126,221 (+34.8%)	$48,497 → $48,615 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $398,000 (+31.2%)	$266,300 → $391,500 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $1,772 (+7.7%)	$1,439 → $1,794 (+24.7%)

Bloomingdale

Population

8,0887,686

Median household income

$93,603$126,221

Median home value

$303,300$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,645$1,772

Prospect Park

Population

5,8656,286

Median household income

$48,497$48,615

Median home value

$266,300$391,500

Median gross rent

$1,439$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
Under 5	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.3%
75 and over	7.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	15.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	63.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	8.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
Drove alone	76.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	16.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.9%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	2.9%
Other means	2.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	69.3%	20.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	72.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	10.9%	24.9%
Average household size	2.51	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1956	1942