Bloomfield vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (1,655 vs 1,281 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($79,167 vs $61,172 in Manchester). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $106,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Manchester
Population	1,281	1,655
Median age	47.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,167	$61,172
Median home value	$173,600	$106,500
Median gross rent	$919	$1,188
Housing units	629	743
Homeownership rate	73.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Manchester
Population	1,431 → 1,281 (-10.5%)	1,798 → 1,655 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$64,861 → $79,167 (+22.1%)	$53,553 → $61,172 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $173,600 (+21.1%)	$94,600 → $106,500 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $919 (+13.9%)	$888 → $1,188 (+33.8%)

Bloomfield

Population

1,4311,281

Median household income

$64,861$79,167

Median home value

$143,400$173,600

Median gross rent

$807$919

Manchester

Population

1,7981,655

Median household income

$53,553$61,172

Median home value

$94,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$888$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Manchester
Under 5	2.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.0%
75 and over	11.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Manchester
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	18.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Manchester
Drove alone	73.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	5.1%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Manchester
1-unit, detached	71.5%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Manchester
Poverty rate	6.5%	10.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1962	1959