Bloomdale vs Grand Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomdale and Grand Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Rapids has the higher population (985 vs 680 in Bloomdale). Grand Rapids has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $61,667 in Bloomdale). Grand Rapids has the higher median home value ($159,800 vs $119,200 in Bloomdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
Population	680	985
Median age	41.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$73,125
Median home value	$119,200	$159,800
Median gross rent	$921	$903
Housing units	304	418
Homeownership rate	76.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
Population	788 → 680 (-13.7%)	993 → 985 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$59,732 → $61,667 (+3.2%)	$54,141 → $73,125 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $119,200 (+21.6%)	$122,200 → $159,800 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $921 (+26.0%)	$718 → $903 (+25.8%)

Bloomdale

Population

788680

Median household income

$59,732$61,667

Median home value

$98,000$119,200

Median gross rent

$731$921

Grand Rapids

Population

993985

Median household income

$54,141$73,125

Median home value

$122,200$159,800

Median gross rent

$718$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
Under 5	7.2%	14.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	23.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.1%
75 and over	8.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	47.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
Drove alone	81.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	18.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
1-unit, detached	88.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomdale	Grand Rapids
Poverty rate	11.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1951	1954