Balmville vs South Blooming Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Balmville and South Blooming Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Blooming Grove has the higher population (3,880 vs 3,725 in Balmville). Balmville has the higher median household income ($107,204 vs $68,958 in South Blooming Grove). South Blooming Grove has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $359,600 in Balmville).

Population, income & housing

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
Population	3,725	3,880
Median age	47.3 yrs	25.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,204	$68,958
Median home value	$359,600	$464,000
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,922
Housing units	1,373	1,390
Homeownership rate	74.8%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
Population	3,476 → 3,725 (+7.2%)	3,148 → 3,880 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$79,464 → $107,204 (+34.9%)	$83,664 → $68,958 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $359,600 (+36.8%)	$285,700 → $464,000 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,671 (-4.7%)	$1,273 → $1,922 (+51.0%)

Balmville

Population

3,4763,725

Median household income

$79,464$107,204

Median home value

$262,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,671

South Blooming Grove

Population

3,1483,880

Median household income

$83,664$68,958

Median home value

$285,700$464,000

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
Under 5	4.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	31.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	4.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	3.8%
75 and over	8.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	81.8%
Black or African American	22.5%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
Drove alone	74.5%	66.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.8%
Public transit	6.3%	4.7%
Walked	2.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	19.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
1-unit, detached	80.3%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balmville	South Blooming Grove
Poverty rate	3.7%	39.3%
Average household size	2.81	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	37	43
Median year structure built	1961	1970