Bloomfield vs Farmington

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

Bloomfield and Farmington are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmington has the higher population (46,339 vs 7,391 in Bloomfield). Farmington has the higher median household income ($63,745 vs $51,212 in Bloomfield). Farmington has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $167,800 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Farmington
Population	7,391	46,339
Median age	29.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,212	$63,745
Median home value	$167,800	$225,400
Median gross rent	$831	$993
Housing units	2,988	18,220
Homeownership rate	70.4%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Farmington
Population	7,846 → 7,391 (-5.8%)	45,258 → 46,339 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$52,030 → $51,212 (-1.6%)	$54,480 → $63,745 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$149,200 → $167,800 (+12.5%)	$186,800 → $225,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $831 (+9.3%)	$868 → $993 (+14.4%)

Bloomfield

Population

7,8467,391

Median household income

$52,030$51,212

Median home value

$149,200$167,800

Median gross rent

$760$831

Farmington

Population

45,25846,339

Median household income

$54,480$63,745

Median home value

$186,800$225,400

Median gross rent

$868$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Farmington
Under 5	8.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.1%
75 and over	8.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	40.0%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.3%	26.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Farmington
No high school diploma	18.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Farmington
Drove alone	94.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Farmington
1-unit, detached	47.6%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Farmington
Poverty rate	24.3%	19.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1985	1982