Bloomingburg vs Octa

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingburg and Octa: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomingburg and Octa are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomingburg has the higher population (1,073 vs 68 in Octa). Bloomingburg has the higher median household income ($64,776 vs $21,250 in Octa). Bloomingburg has the higher median home value ($97,100 vs $78,600 in Octa).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingburg	Octa
Population	1,073	68
Median age	39.7 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,776	$21,250
Median home value	$97,100	$78,600
Median gross rent	$862	—
Housing units	382	47
Homeownership rate	72.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingburg	Octa
Population	867 → 1,073 (+23.8%)	51 → 68 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$42,885 → $64,776 (+51.0%)	$31,875 → $21,250 (-33.3%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $97,100 (+23.2%)	$57,500 → $78,600 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $862 (+8.2%)	$535 → $600 (+12.1%)

Bloomingburg

Population

8671,073

Median household income

$42,885$64,776

Median home value

$78,800$97,100

Median gross rent

$797$862

Octa

Population

5168

Median household income

$31,875$21,250

Median home value

$57,500$78,600

Median gross rent

$535$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingburg	Octa
Under 5	6.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	33.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	4.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	5.9%
75 and over	2.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingburg	Octa
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingburg	Octa
No high school diploma	16.2%	20.5%
High school graduate	57.7%	69.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingburg	Octa
Drove alone	77.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingburg	Octa
1-unit, detached	82.7%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	42.6%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingburg	Octa
Poverty rate	17.0%	73.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	15
Median year structure built	1973	1991