Bloomsburg vs Espy

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomsburg and Espy: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomsburg and Espy are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomsburg has the higher population (12,906 vs 1,737 in Espy). Espy has the higher median household income ($79,479 vs $49,096 in Bloomsburg). Bloomsburg has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $169,700 in Espy).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomsburg	Espy
Population	12,906	1,737
Median age	24.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,096	$79,479
Median home value	$186,100	$169,700
Median gross rent	$937	$1,032
Housing units	5,325	927
Homeownership rate	37.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomsburg	Espy
Population	14,085 → 12,906 (-8.4%)	1,602 → 1,737 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$32,217 → $49,096 (+52.4%)	$68,654 → $79,479 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $186,100 (+36.8%)	$147,500 → $169,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $937 (+23.0%)	$818 → $1,032 (+26.2%)

Bloomsburg

Population

14,08512,906

Median household income

$32,217$49,096

Median home value

$136,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$762$937

Espy

Population

1,6021,737

Median household income

$68,654$79,479

Median home value

$147,500$169,700

Median gross rent

$818$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomsburg	Espy
Under 5	3.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	40.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	13.2%
75 and over	6.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomsburg	Espy
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	79.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomsburg	Espy
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	43.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomsburg	Espy
Drove alone	69.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomsburg	Espy
1-unit, detached	38.3%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	13.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Bloomsburg	Espy
Poverty rate	30.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1963	1967