Bloomingdale vs Bristol

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

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

Bristol has the higher population (27,490 vs 8,840 in Bloomingdale). Bristol has the higher median household income ($55,007 vs $50,408 in Bloomingdale). Bristol has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $141,800 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
Population	8,840	27,490
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,408	$55,007
Median home value	$141,800	$182,500
Median gross rent	$849	$764
Housing units	4,399	13,152
Homeownership rate	77.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
Population	9,175 → 8,840 (-3.7%)	26,852 → 27,490 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $50,408 (+20.4%)	$42,010 → $55,007 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $141,800 (+28.9%)	$133,600 → $182,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $849 (+45.1%)	$666 → $764 (+14.7%)

Bloomingdale

Population

9,1758,840

Median household income

$41,875$50,408

Median home value

$110,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$585$849

Bristol

Population

26,85227,490

Median household income

$42,010$55,007

Median home value

$133,600$182,500

Median gross rent

$666$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
Under 5	2.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.8%
75 and over	11.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	89.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
No high school diploma	18.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	44.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
Drove alone	83.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
1-unit, detached	81.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Bristol
Poverty rate	24.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1971	1970