Bloomingdale vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingdale and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Empire has the higher population (264 vs 115 in Bloomingdale). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $57,708 in Empire). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $57,900 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Empire
Population	115	264
Median age	32.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$57,708
Median home value	$122,900	$57,900
Median gross rent	—	$781
Housing units	67	121
Homeownership rate	93.5%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Empire
Population	170 → 115 (-32.4%)	231 → 264 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $103,750 (+62.7%)	$49,896 → $57,708 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $122,900 (+48.4%)	$55,800 → $57,900 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$539 → $781 (+44.9%)

Bloomingdale

Population

170115

Median household income

$63,750$103,750

Median home value

$82,800$122,900

Empire

Population

231264

Median household income

$49,896$57,708

Median home value

$55,800$57,900

Median gross rent

$539$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Empire
Under 5	9.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	15.7%	14.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	5.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.7%
75 and over	2.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Empire
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Empire
Drove alone	93.8%	92.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Empire
1-unit, detached	88.1%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	45.5%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Empire
Poverty rate	7.8%	19.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1942	1958