Bloomfield vs Shortsville

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

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

Shortsville has the higher population (1,806 vs 1,281 in Bloomfield). Shortsville has the higher median household income ($86,154 vs $79,167 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $129,500 in Shortsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
Population	1,281	1,806
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,167	$86,154
Median home value	$173,600	$129,500
Median gross rent	$919	$873
Housing units	629	712
Homeownership rate	73.6%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
Population	1,431 → 1,281 (-10.5%)	1,403 → 1,806 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$64,861 → $79,167 (+22.1%)	$68,529 → $86,154 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $173,600 (+21.1%)	$110,200 → $129,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $919 (+13.9%)	$696 → $873 (+25.4%)

Bloomfield

Population

1,4311,281

Median household income

$64,861$79,167

Median home value

$143,400$173,600

Median gross rent

$807$919

Shortsville

Population

1,4031,806

Median household income

$68,529$86,154

Median home value

$110,200$129,500

Median gross rent

$696$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
Under 5	2.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	22.3%
55 to 64	20.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.7%
75 and over	11.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	18.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
Drove alone	73.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	5.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	16.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
1-unit, detached	71.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Shortsville
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1962	1938