Bloomingdale vs Bluff City

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

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

Bloomingdale has the higher population (8,840 vs 2,268 in Bluff City). Bluff City has the higher median household income ($59,783 vs $50,408 in Bloomingdale). Bluff City has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $141,800 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
Population	8,840	2,268
Median age	44.1 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,408	$59,783
Median home value	$141,800	$147,400
Median gross rent	$849	$889
Housing units	4,399	990
Homeownership rate	77.8%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
Population	9,175 → 8,840 (-3.7%)	2,062 → 2,268 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $50,408 (+20.4%)	$43,036 → $59,783 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $141,800 (+28.9%)	$109,000 → $147,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $849 (+45.1%)	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)

Bloomingdale

Population

9,1758,840

Median household income

$41,875$50,408

Median home value

$110,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$585$849

Bluff City

Population

2,0622,268

Median household income

$43,036$59,783

Median home value

$109,000$147,400

Median gross rent

$771$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
Under 5	2.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.8%
75 and over	11.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
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	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
No high school diploma	18.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	44.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
Drove alone	83.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	13.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
1-unit, detached	81.7%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	23.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Bluff City
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1971	1988