Bloomfield vs Phelps

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

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

Phelps has the higher population (2,164 vs 1,281 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($79,167 vs $65,272 in Phelps). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $162,700 in Phelps).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Phelps
Population	1,281	2,164
Median age	47.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,167	$65,272
Median home value	$173,600	$162,700
Median gross rent	$919	$1,094
Housing units	629	957
Homeownership rate	73.6%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Phelps
Population	1,431 → 1,281 (-10.5%)	1,886 → 2,164 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$64,861 → $79,167 (+22.1%)	$51,583 → $65,272 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $173,600 (+21.1%)	$108,800 → $162,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $919 (+13.9%)	$779 → $1,094 (+40.4%)

Bloomfield

Population

1,4311,281

Median household income

$64,861$79,167

Median home value

$143,400$173,600

Median gross rent

$807$919

Phelps

Population

1,8862,164

Median household income

$51,583$65,272

Median home value

$108,800$162,700

Median gross rent

$779$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Phelps
Under 5	2.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	11.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Phelps
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Phelps
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Phelps
Drove alone	73.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	5.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Phelps
1-unit, detached	71.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Phelps
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1962	1938